Jimi Hendrix had it all wrong!

So, tonight on my way home from bible study I was thinking about what I would write.... and I started thinking about the word "experience." Isn't that a word we're all so familiar with? Whether we are Christians or not, we all want this experience that makes us feel good. And that's not what it's about.
For me personally, I've been wanting God to tell me exactly what job to take (when one comes along), where to live, who to live with etc. Then this afternoon it was like God hit me upside the head and told me to look around at the world I live in and what is going on in my life. We all know that my life should be a novel or a comedy or something like that :)
But, God is so much bigger then the experience we're looking for. He wants us to know His heart, His character, His glory. How often do I really just sit down and meditate on that? Forrest Gump's momma said that "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." Amen to that! Life changes all the time, the things we think we deserve we don't get and what we don't want ends up being what we are. It's not always a great "experience."
And my favorite politician Richard Nixon once said, "Unless you've been in the deepest valley, you can never appreciate the highest mountain." I like that Nixon was a man who was humiliated in front of the entire world. His pride and his character were destroyed. BUT, after Watergate he decided that he would not let the "experience" of his failures determine the future. Nixon became a Christian after God broke him of his pride and his faults. Thanks to Billy Graham who mentored Nixon, I'll hang out with him in heaven some day :)
So, it's not about the good experiences always that make us stronger. Sure, God blesses us sometimes with those great "mountaintop experiences" but that shouldn't be our goal.
I've been really convicted the past few days of being content with God. In Ephesians 1, there is a list of things that Christ has done for all of us. Not one time does it mention one thing that I did or can do - other then accept who He is.
Let me encourage you all who read this. Be happy with what God is doing in your life today. Be humbled by who God made you to be today. Be searching for what God wants to do with you tomorrow. Be a person who is worthy of walking next to Christ Himself.
Can I get an AMEN!