Satisfied

Satisfied

He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

Psalm 103:5

Where do you find your satisfaction? What feeds your soul? I’m an introvert, so I get “recharged” when I have time for quiet, Scripture reading, and reflection. I have family members who get charged up by being with friends.

Like anyone else, the Amish have the same basic needs—for love, respect, information, community, safety, and fun—but compared with us they have very different ways of satisfying those needs. Here is how Joe Wittmer, PhD, explains it:

Some non-Amish individuals have mistakenly assumed that the Amish are like them in need, or at least should want to be like them. For example, recently after concluding a speech I had made concerning the Amish, an individual in the audience asked, “Are you telling us that they really don’t want to drive a car, that they really don’t want running water and that they really don’t want to own a television set or a computer? Come on, Dr. Wittmer, this is the new millennium, the 21st Century! Amish people surely must secretly want those things.” The answer is an unequivocal “no!”

The Old Order Amish really do not want to use our modern devices or appliances and they really do not want to be like us in most respects! Matter of fact, Amish relatives will often tell me how they truly feel sorry for certain non-Amish acquaintances of theirs because of the stressful lives they see them living.

Can you relate? The world may look at us as Christians and see all that we are “missing out” on, yet we know what satisfies our souls. God is the only thing that can truly satisfy. His love never fails. His love renews, refreshes, and makes us feel as if we can soar. And the more we have of God, the less we desire anything else. We will actually end up feeling sorry for those who don’t have what we have. Turn to God today and be satisfied.

Dear heavenly Father, when I attempt to find satisfaction in anything other than You, I end up feeling drained. Thank You for filling my life with good things!