Hey everyone it's Leslie Lutie, host of the Set-A-Part-Gerlodie, host of the Set-A-Part-Girl podcast biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today I want to talk about something that is so prevalent in our culture.

There's this mantra called Do What Makes You Happy.

If you go to a decorating store or even a clothing store,

oftentimes you will see that slogan on coffee mugs

and wall decor in handbags and t-shirts do what

makes you happy and as I've seen this slogan crop up more and more it's really

brought to mind what I call the personal fulfillment myth of our day.

There is a message in our culture that targets us, especially as women,

saying that life is all about being personally fulfilled.

We need to go after the things that make us feel good,

make us feel happy, and build our lives around those things.

And not necessarily the opposite is true that you should go out and do something that makes you

miserable, but I see a real danger in building your life

around quote personal fulfillment and that's what I want to talk about today looking

at this from a biblical perspective does God intend us to build our lives

around just being personally fulfilled and doing things that make us happy? So many of

us when we get into the mindset of the culture in this area become convinced that we really can't be happy until we're in a perfect set of circumstances.

So there are a lot of women who feel like, well, I really can't be happy until my romantic life is perfect.

Or I really can't be happy until my material possessions are, have reached a certain level and I have a specific type of comfort in my life.

Or I need a better job. I need a different marriage or a better marriage or I need my husband to change, or I need a different church, or just a more

personally fulfilling career path or ministry path. And if I don't get those

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