The Grass is Greener or Is It?  

You may think the grass is greener on the other side, but if you take the time to water your own grass, it would be just as green.  Author Unknown

When I was little we had a calf named Charlene.  She was blond and had curly hair and the biggest brown eyes.  We kept her in the pasture close to the house, and you would often see her on her knees next to the fence with her head under the wire eating the grass on the other side.

We are often like Charlene.  We see our neighbors have a nicer car or a bigger house or more money and we want what they have.  So we work a little harder and more hours and we eventually get the same kind of car they have or the bigger house and more money.  But it is never enough.  Because the grass is always greener on the other side until you get there. Then you realize that someone else’s pasture looks even better.  It is a never ending cycle of looking for the greener grass.  What you find out when you get to that pasture you think is greener is it looked good from where you were standing but not so good close up.  The family with the greener grass is in debt with no way out, their marriage is falling apart, their house is in foreclosure and the list goes on.  And before we know it our life is in the same shape as our neighbor’s.

In reality the thing we are searching for is right in front of us all the time.  The things of this life are finite but the things of heaven are infinite.  Begin searching for what God can offer.  You will be amazed at how rich your life will be when you turn to Him.

Prayer for the Day: Heavenly Father, please help me to keep my eyes on you and not on the things of this life.  Everything in this life is temporary and will soon go away but your Word endures forever.  Thank you for loving me and helping me to find the treasure only you can provide.    

Scripture:  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” 1 Peter 1:23-25