Another interesting perspective. From Christianity Today online.
Just a few weeks ago, Pope Francis tweeted, “A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full
of joy and radiates joy.” Never? If only. We can be Debbie Downers, even when it comes to our faith.
This is not to suggest discontentment is inherently bad. All people feel the rumblings of “Is this all there is?” in life, which often pushes us to look outside ourselves for truth. At its best, discontentment often reminds us that we were made for a different place, producing in us a hunger to ask deeper questions and pray more fervent prayers.
But hasn’t discontentment also introduced the possibility that we Christians have been marketing our own spiritual brand of a most unholy product? Just as American culture sells, “You need this thing or that experience to be happy,” does American Christian culture insist, “You need this feeling with God or that experience of God to be happy?” And if this is the case, are we asking Jesus for too much?