I
have a big secret! Are you ready?
You
are allowed to be content. Content with you clothes, your technology devices
(phones, tablets, etc.) It’s a crazy thought, especially as we are constantly
being told to have the latest and greatest products and models on the market.
You
can be content with your spouse who may have lost their hair or gotten
old. You are allowed to be content with
your clothes, your job and your life.
(Quick
definition)
Contentment:
a state of
happiness and satisfaction.
So
many times we are stressed, over extended and exhausted because we are trying
to portray that we are hip and up-to-date.
Paul
breaks down his thoughts on being content in the below two books.
Philippians 4 11b-13
"…For I
have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get
along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and
every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry,
both of having abundance and suffering need.
13) I can do all
things through Him who strengthens me."
"But godliness actually
is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. For we have brought
nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either."
Growing up
I’ve always heard “you can’t take it with you when you die…” When you believe in
the Lord as your savior you have nothing else to worry about. HE strengthens us
and will get us through everything.
I am
learning everyday to be more content with the things that I have. I have a phone;
it’s not the newest. I have a guitar, its not the most expensive…
Be
thankful for what you have and focus on loving people and not the loving things.
~adam
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