Supplying our Lack

Lately I have had the opportunity to talk with several women who are experiencing various emotional burdens
in their lives. Sometimes when I try to comfort other people, it helps me understand my own burdens of life. I am surprised to find that in the last few months, several women have come to me and shared the problems they face. I realize now that everyone has some particular worries. We worry about things we cannot control.
We all have times in our life when things do not go as we planned or dreamed. Many of us set standards of happiness, but when our life apparently falls short of that standard, we become discouraged.
Two different young women have told me that they feel this great anxiety about still being single and not having a stable job. Another divorced woman has a good job and a son, but feels she would be happy if only she was married. Some married women have told me they worry about their children’s education, discipline and the various stresses of marriage. Another married friend of mine desperately wants a child but has been unable to conceive thus far.
I sympathize with each one of these women and I know it must be very hard at times to deal with their worries. Yet, I have found that every person can be a happy and a “complete person”, regardless of his/her situation. Whether we are single, married, have a job or no job, have children or no children, we can still find happiness in our life. Our circumstances or family makeup does not define our happiness. We should look at all the things that we do have, not the things we don’t have.
We can be thankful for all the blessings of family, friends, material needs, etc. that God has given us. By the grace of God, we can overcome our worries and be happy with a positive outlook for the future. Our life is what we make of it.
Pray to God for He will always give what is best for us, and accept whatever the outcome. God’s love will fill the emptiness that we face in our life. His love will supply our lack. “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and he shall bring it to pass” (Psalms 37:5).
Ly Lan Nguyen