"IS THE GRASS REALLY GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE?"

By:Donna Selma Lind

                         Call it Envy, Coveting, Jealously, Boredom or whatever you want.
Let's be real , we have all wondered what the grass looks like on the other side of the fence .       I have come to the conclusion that it is a matter of perspective and how we choose to look at it.
Case in point: Last week our Llama "Angel "decided she didn't want to stay in the pasture with the sheep. She ran away to what she thought was  "greener grass".

Because she was being stubborn munching  on her fresh greens she didn't pay attention to the Shepherd's voice and she wandered into an unsafe territory. She and her baby had to spend the night outside of the fenced pasture. They left behind the safety and security of a warm shelter fresh drinking water and the protection of a fence. What once seemed like greener grass and a better place to live, now felt unsafe and scary.  Angel sat at the same fence only this time she was looking in instead of looking out. She was longing to go back to the safety, security and family she once had. The grass may have looked greener on the other side of the fence , but now she realized and appreciated what she had all along . When the gate was opened the next morning she ran in and all the sheep gathered around her b-a-a-a-ing and welcoming Angel and her baby home.

So how about it? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live someone elses life or have a better job, a nicer car a bigger house a different spouse? Be real, you know you have.
We all have. If we had more time, more money, more this and more of that it would be better.
Consider what the Bible has to teach us  about this subject.

"And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person's envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind."

Ecclesiastes 4:4

"Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Hebrews 13:5

No matter what side of the fence we are on the grass always looks greener......

until we get to the other side.

Be thankful and appreciate what you have , who you have and where you are.

"In everything give thanks!"

1 Thessalonians 5:18

~HALLELUJAH!~

PRAISE THE LORD AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS!

DONNA