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Road Out Of Discontentment

Midlife for most people prompts a need to reflect and reevaluate.

Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and Idelivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

"'Why did you despise the word of the lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'"

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In what area of life do I feel dissatisfied? Why?

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