This past Sunday, I shared a message on "The Joy of Contentment." Here are a few additional thoughts from Philippians 4:12 - "I have learned the secret of being content."
Sometimes contentment means:
1. Learning to be content with less. We all desire more, but we need to learn to be content with less. I read a story this morning, about a missionary who was ministering in a leper colony and they were singing the hymn - "Count Your Blessings." As he was leading this song, a lady came to the front and her face was almost beyond recognition, and she lifted up her hands in worship and had only 1 finger left. He had to leave the service, and when others came to him. They said - you will probably not be able to sing that song again. He replied, I will sing it again, but will be sung differently.
2. Reminding yourself that things could be worse. Remind yourself that the next time, when maybe you have very little to eat, but at least you have something to eat.
Compared to a vast majority of people in the world, we are still blessed!
3. Understanding that true contentment comes from the spiritual and not the material. We look for the things of this world to satisfy us, when they cannot. Augustine said - "Our souls will never rest, until they rest in God."
Let us never stop learning to be content!!
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