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Are you satisfied with your life right now?

  • Yes I am satisfied

    Votes: 3 11.5%

  • I am not yet satisfied, but I am content

    Votes: 4 15.4%

  • Actually there's a ton i would like to be different

    Votes: 8 30.8%

  • Satisfaction isn't our ultimate goal. God can bring joy in discontentment

    Votes: 8 30.8%

  • What does it matter? We're all (the saints) going to die and be with Jesus anyway

    Votes: 1 3.8%

  • This life's too short to guage it on something like personal satisfaction

    Votes: 2 7.7%
  • Total voters
    26
ijustwanttheTruth

ijustwanttheTruth

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are you satisfied with your life? why or why not.
are you satisfied with your walk with God? why or why not.
If not, what do you think are the things that would make you satisfied.
what is it you wait for.

i would like to know what my purpose is here on earth in my remaining years.
and i believe that when i know that, I will be satisfied.
If life is a game, i just don't want to play anymore.
And if it's more, then i'd like to taste what that 'more' is.

i don't believe that everything happens for a reason.
but i believe there must be reason in all that's happening.
Yeshua. please come.
 
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RachelP03

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ijustwanttheTruth said:
are you satisfied with your life? why or why not.
are you satisfied with your walk with God? why or why not.
If not, what do you think are the things that would make you satisfied.
what is it you wait for.

i would like to know what my purpose is here on earth in my remaining years.
and i believe that when i know that, I will be satisfied.
If life is a game, i just don't want to play anymore.
And if it's more, then i'd like to taste what that 'more' is.

i don't believe that everything happens for a reason.
but i believe there must be reason in all that's happening.
Yeshua. please come.
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are you satisfied with your life? why or why not.
Im satisfied to an extent. I know this is where I need to be at this point in my life for Gods point of view. Is there where I want to be? Yes and no!!! I do , because Im growing closer to God and learning so much about who I am and who I want to be. I dont, because I was married and wanted a family. I didnt think at 26, I would be here with no kids and a husband who wants a divorce and the possiblity of starting over.
are you satisfied with your walk with God? why or why not.
I am now satisfied with my walk with God. I turned my back on God this past year after my husband left and lived in sin. He took me out of that lifestyle and now Im back on track, closer than ever!!!


i would like to know what my purpose is here on earth in my remaining years.
Since my husband has left, I have been praying and asking God what my purpose is and I pray daily that he will show me and to use me to his benefit, to glorify Him. No matter what will happen with my husband and I, I trust and have faith in God! Dosent mean I dont doubt or get sad, but simply, lift all those worries to God!

 
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adekruif

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God has blessed us ALL in some way and I think whether we or satisfied depends on how much we "accept" the current situation that we are in. God put us all here for a reason and I think one can derive satisfaction in our lives from realizing that God wanted our life to be this way....I'll admit though that when I think of satisfaction in this life, worldy possessions/accomplishments come to mind. I listed some of mine below....but I think it is possible to be satisfied with any situation as long as your mind is in the right place.


are you satisfied with your life? why or why not.
With possessions/accomplishments, yes. I would say that I am satisfied where I am with my life right now for several reasons. I am in my last semester of college, have two parents who love me, a job(although not related to my major), have friends and family in the faith(to provide and receive encouragement), and who can forget snowboarding. :)

are you satisfied with your walk with God? why or why not.
No. I want to know God more closely than I currently do, and also bring everything to HIM in prayer. I just stared reading the Bible regularly and I feel like I know absolutely nothing about God. Every time I read the Bible, something new is always waiting for me....it's exiting to be learning to much about God, and growing closer. The same thing can be said for prayer in my life....just started regularly doing it, and I feel like such a little kid sometimes.

So to sum it up, I guess I am satisfied with my possessions in this life but not MY walk with God.
 
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CanadaNZ

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I am satisfied in Christ, isn't that all that matters in the grand scheme of things?
 
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rodogg

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I don't think any Christian would be satisfied with this life. Are we satisfied with where we are spiritually would be a different question! :) I can't wait to leave this life.
 
Ritter

Ritter

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rodogg said:
I don't think any Christian would be satisfied with this life. Are we satisfied with where we are spiritually would be a different question! :) I can't wait to leave this life.
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Agreed. If we start measuring our life by earthly standards of comfort, we will not seek when we should do so most.
 
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dominicanbeauty

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NO I AM NOT
 
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dominicanbeauty

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I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT SATISFIED I WANNA GO PLACES EXPERIENCE THINGS TASTE DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF ICECREAM KNOW WHATS ITS LIKE TO BE

RICH N NOT HAVE TO WANT FOR ANYTHING SUPER STARS CAN AFFORD EVERYTHING I WANNA BE ABLE TO JUST GO ONLINE N BUY MY FATHER AND MY

FATHER SOMETHING FOR THERE ANNIVERSARY WITHOUT HAVING TO STRUGGLE TO BUY IT LAST MOTHERS DAY I GOT MY MOM THIS NECKLACE

--------------spam advertising edited-------------------------

BUT I STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH YET TO BUY HER THE EARRINGS TO MATCH IT I HAD

TO SPEND MY CHRISTMAS MONEY JUST TO GET IT FOR HER SHE LOVED IT AND N THE SMILE ON HER FACE MADE IT ALL WORTH WHILE IM

BABYSITTING N STYLING HAIR NOW BECAUSE I REALLY WONT HER BIRTHDAY TO BE SPECIAL EVEN THOUGH SHE HARDLY HAS ANYTIME FOR US BE

CAUSE SHE GIVES ALL HER ATTENTION TO JESUS STAYING LOCKED UP IN HER ROOM AWAY FROM US WE COME IN THE HOUSE NO HOW WAS YOUR

DAY?

ITS ALWAYS LETS PRAY OR LETS HAVE BIBLE CLASS I DON'T REALLY EVEN FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A NORMAL MOM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ANYMORE ITS

LIKE SHES JUST A BODY CONTROLLED BY THE BIBLE NOW WE HAVE TO GUESS WHAT SHE IS THINKING BECAUSE SHE WONT TALK TO US ANYMORE

MY DAD HAS 7 MOUTHS TO FEED HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE HOUSE THAT IS WORKING MY DAD IS A VERY GOOD DAD HE GOES TO WORK SICK,IN THE

FREEZING COLD, IF ITS BLAZING HOT ,IN THE RAIN WITH NO UMBRELLA HE GOES TO WORK I HAVE EVEN SEEN HIM GO TO WORK IN ROARING THUNDER

N LIGHTING STORMS WHEN HAILING OUTSIDE MY DAD WALKS RIGHT TO WORK IN ALL THIS SINCE HIS WRECK HE HAS GOTTEN HIS CAR MESSED UP SO

HE HAS WALKED EVERYDAY FAITHFULLY ALL THE WAY TO WORK TO WORK LIKE IT WAS SUNNY DAY WITH A RAINBOW OUTSIDE N NOT A DANGEROUS

STORM MY DAD HAS GOT INVOLVED WITH MORRIS BART TO GET PAY FOR HIS CAR CRASH INJURIES BUT HE IS CONSTANTLY JERKING US AROUND MY

DAD HAS TO GO TO WORK HURTING N IN PAIN FROM HIS INJURIES --------name edited------ WONT EVEN GIVE HIM OWN MONEY THE CRUEL LAWYERS IS TRYING

TO TURN THE WHOLE THING AROUND ON MY DAD LIKE THE CRASH IS HIS FAULT WHEN THE GUY RAN OUT IN FRONT N HIT HIM FIRST THE GUY EVEN

SAID THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED BUT MORRIS BART IS STILL BEING DIFFICULT WITH HIM MY DAD DESERVES A WHOLE LOT BETTER ATTITUDE THEN

WHAT HE IS GETTING FROM MORRIS BART I WOULD LIKE MY ENTIRE FAMILY TO BE RICH GWEN IS SUFFERING SHE HAS TO LEACH OFF MY DAD RODNEY

GOT KICKED OUT BY HIS DAD HE HAS TO LEACH OFF MY DAD DESMOND COME HERE TO STAY WITH US I HAVE TO GIVE HIM MY BED N SLEEP ON THE

COUCH PEOPLE ARE LEACHING OFF MY DAD FROM HIS JOB MY DAD HAS A GIVING HEART EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH HE IS NOT A SELFISH

PERSON AT ALL HE HAS GIVEN 100$ TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREET MY DAD CONSTANTLY GIVING TO SALVATION ARMIES MY DAD NEVER

CAN ENJOY HIS LIFE BECAUSE THE NEW FURNITURE HE JUST BOUGHT ALWAYS GETS TORN UP THEN WHEN PEOPLE COMES OVER THEY HAVE TO SEE

BROKEN THINGS I HAVE SEEN MY DAD SAD SO LONG N IT HURTS ME WHEN HE IS HURTING I JUST WISH THAT MY ENTIRE FAMILY CAN TASTE THE

CAREFREE LIFE OF RICHNESS TO SEE THAT SMILE ON MY FAMILIES FACE OH IT WOULD BRING ME SO MUCH JOY I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH I JUST

WONT THEM TO BE HAPPY SO IF MY ENTIRE FAMILY COULD GET RICH AND PEOPLE WILL STOP LEACHING OFF OF US WHEN THEY GET KICKED OUT THAT

WOULD MAKE ME SO SATISFIED WITH MY LIFE MY SISTER N I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MALL IN A REALLY LONG TIME WE ALWAYS GO IN THE MALL TO

STAND AROUND N LOOK AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE BUYING ID JUST LOVE IT IF WE COULD FINALLY ALL JUST HANG OUT N SHOP TOGETHER AS A

FAMILY HAD OUT MONEY TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE N JUST ENJOY LIFE.

AROUND OR LOOK BUT IF WE COULD ACTUALLY SHOP TOGETHER AT THE MALL
 
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Ritter

Ritter

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dominicanbeauty said:
I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT SATISFIED I WANNA GO PLACES EXPERIENCE THINGS TASTE DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF ICECREAM KNOW WHATS ITS LIKE TO BE

RICH N NOT HAVE TO WANT FOR ANYTHING SUPER STARS CAN AFFORD EVERYTHING I WANNA BE ABLE TO JUST GO ONLINE N BUY MY FATHER AND MY

FATHER SOMETHING FOR THERE ANNIVERSARY WITHOUT HAVING TO STRUGGLE TO BUY IT LAST MOTHERS DAY I GOT MY MOM THIS NECKLACE

--------------spam advertising edited--------------------------

BUT I STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH YET TO BUY HER THE EARRINGS TO MATCH IT I HAD

TO SPEND MY CHRISTMAS MONEY JUST TO GET IT FOR HER SHE LOVED IT AND N THE SMILE ON HER FACE MADE IT ALL WORTH WHILE IM

BABYSITTING N STYLING HAIR NOW BECAUSE I REALLY WONT HER BIRTHDAY TO BE SPECIAL EVEN THOUGH SHE HARDLY HAS ANYTIME FOR US BE

CAUSE SHE GIVES ALL HER ATTENTION TO JESUS STAYING LOCKED UP IN HER ROOM AWAY FROM US WE COME IN THE HOUSE NO HOW WAS YOUR

DAY?

ITS ALWAYS LETS PRAY OR LETS HAVE BIBLE CLASS I DON'T REALLY EVEN FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A NORMAL MOM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ANYMORE ITS

LIKE SHES JUST A BODY CONTROLLED BY THE BIBLE NOW WE HAVE TO GUESS WHAT SHE IS THINKING BECAUSE SHE WONT TALK TO US ANYMORE

MY DAD HAS 7 MOUTHS TO FEED HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE HOUSE THAT IS WORKING MY DAD IS A VERY GOOD DAD HE GOES TO WORK SICK,IN THE

FREEZING COLD, IF ITS BLAZING HOT ,IN THE RAIN WITH NO UMBRELLA HE GOES TO WORK I HAVE EVEN SEEN HIM GO TO WORK IN ROARING THUNDER

N LIGHTING STORMS WHEN HAILING OUTSIDE MY DAD WALKS RIGHT TO WORK IN ALL THIS SINCE HIS WRECK HE HAS GOTTEN HIS CAR MESSED UP SO

HE HAS WALKED EVERYDAY FAITHFULLY ALL THE WAY TO WORK TO WORK LIKE IT WAS SUNNY DAY WITH A RAINBOW OUTSIDE N NOT A DANGEROUS

STORM MY DAD HAS GOT INVOLVED WITH MORRIS BART TO GET PAY FOR HIS CAR CRASH INJURIES BUT HE IS CONSTANTLY JERKING US AROUND MY

DAD HAS TO GO TO WORK HURTING N IN PAIN FROM HIS INJURIES N -----name edited---- WONT EVEN GIVE HIM OWN MONEY THE CRUEL LAWYERS IS TRYING

TO TURN THE WHOLE THING AROUND ON MY DAD LIKE THE CRASH IS HIS FAULT WHEN THE GUY RAN OUT IN FRONT N HIT HIM FIRST THE GUY EVEN

SAID THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED BUT MORRIS BART IS STILL BEING DIFFICULT WITH HIM MY DAD DESERVES A WHOLE LOT BETTER ATTITUDE THEN

WHAT HE IS GETTING FROM MORRIS BART I WOULD LIKE MY ENTIRE FAMILY TO BE RICH GWEN IS SUFFERING SHE HAS TO LEACH OFF MY DAD RODNEY

GOT KICKED OUT BY HIS DAD HE HAS TO LEACH OFF MY DAD DESMOND COME HERE TO STAY WITH US I HAVE TO GIVE HIM MY BED N SLEEP ON THE

COUCH PEOPLE ARE LEACHING OFF MY DAD FROM HIS JOB MY DAD HAS A GIVING HEART EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH HE IS NOT A SELFISH

PERSON AT ALL HE HAS GIVEN 100$ TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREET MY DAD CONSTANTLY GIVING TO SALVATION ARMIES MY DAD NEVER

CAN ENJOY HIS LIFE BECAUSE THE NEW FURNITURE HE JUST BOUGHT ALWAYS GETS TORN UP THEN WHEN PEOPLE COMES OVER THEY HAVE TO SEE

BROKEN THINGS I HAVE SEEN MY DAD SAD SO LONG N IT HURTS ME WHEN HE IS HURTING I JUST WISH THAT MY ENTIRE FAMILY CAN TASTE THE

CAREFREE LIFE OF RICHNESS TO SEE THAT SMILE ON MY FAMILIES FACE OH IT WOULD BRING ME SO MUCH JOY I LOVE MY FAMILY SO MUCH I JUST

WONT THEM TO BE HAPPY SO IF MY ENTIRE FAMILY COULD GET RICH AND PEOPLE WILL STOP LEACHING OFF OF US WHEN THEY GET KICKED OUT THAT

WOULD MAKE ME SO SATISFIED WITH MY LIFE MY SISTER N I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MALL IN A REALLY LONG TIME WE ALWAYS GO IN THE MALL TO

STAND AROUND N LOOK AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE BUYING ID JUST LOVE IT IF WE COULD FINALLY ALL JUST HANG OUT N SHOP TOGETHER AS A

FAMILY HAD OUT MONEY TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE N JUST ENJOY LIFE.

AROUND OR LOOK BUT IF WE COULD ACTUALLY SHOP TOGETHER AT THE MALL
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Your posts are unreadable.
 
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ijustwanttheTruth

ijustwanttheTruth

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i agree with ritter. all caps is impossible to read.

i'm not ignoring your posts. i am reading them. i just mostly was curious as to how many believers can honestly (or even unbelievers) say they are satisfied in their lives. i can't truly remember too many seasons of my life where i was satisfied.

there were a few in there i'm sure...
i just want more.
and i'm not going to stop aching until i find it.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Are those my only poll options?

I'd like to buy a vowel.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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On second thought, I'll just go with: no. Complacence eludes me.
 
leelee

leelee

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I am content, not satisfied because I have some things to finish and what not but I am content in the knowledge that my life is on track and that I continue to grow in my relationship with God, so yeh, I am content.

Random metaphor....If you look at it like a meal, I am only 22 so I am not (hopefully) far through my meal of life. Saying that I am happy with what I am eating but if I were satisfied that would mean it was time to stop eating. Does that make sense?
 
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Trax

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ijustwanttheTruth said:
are you satisfied with your life? why or why not.
are you satisfied with your walk with God? why or why not.
If not, what do you think are the things that would make you satisfied.
what is it you wait for.

i would like to know what my purpose is here on earth in my remaining years.
and i believe that when i know that, I will be satisfied.
If life is a game, i just don't want to play anymore.
And if it's more, then i'd like to taste what that 'more' is.
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Php 4:11-13 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (12) I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. (13) I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.


i don't believe that everything happens for a reason.
but i believe there must be reason in all that's happening.
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That is a contridiction. You don't believe things happen for a reason.
But you believe reason are for things that happen?

Do you know how much money it takes to satisfied a person? Answer: One dollar more.
If you are seeking to be satisfied, you might want to make friends with disappointment.

Ecc 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
 
ijustwanttheTruth

ijustwanttheTruth

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leelee said:
I am content, not satisfied because I have some things to finish and what not but I am content in the knowledge that my life is on track and that I continue to grow in my relationship with God, so yeh, I am content.

Random metaphor....If you look at it like a meal, I am only 22 so I am not (hopefully) far through my meal of life. Saying that I am happy with what I am eating but if I were satisfied that would mean it was time to stop eating. Does that make sense?
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haha. hey thanks :) this post is old, but i am still interested in what people's opinions on the matter are. i like that meal analogy! :D i'n glad you are content/ happy :)


@trax: no offense, but you are WAY off tracks on this one. blessings.
 
zeroturbulence

zeroturbulence

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I have a lot to be thankful for and I've learned to find pleasure in a lot of things that make life worth living, but I still have a ways to go before I can truthfully say that I am happy with my life.

God bless.
 
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Jullianna

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I find contentment in knowing that if I just keep following Him, He has promised to give me the desires of my heart, His peace, His presence and continue the process of making me more like Him until the day I see Him face to face.
 
ijustwanttheTruth

ijustwanttheTruth

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that's awesome guys :)
i guess i'm still looking for my purpose here on planet earth. i'm sure God will show me tho. cuz He knows i cannot live forever like this :)

love you all.
and Julliana? as always? awesome avatar <3
 
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