Contentment is a treasure. It's a warm sensation that spreads outward from the core. It causes you to breathe deeply from the well of gratitude. It inspires stillness. It causes a gentle smile to spread across the face. It inspires the mind to say: "Today is a good day". It makes you want to linger in the moment. It opens the gates of appreciation. Contentment is the gangplank onto a storm-ready ship. God said: "Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10). Inviting contentment invites stillness. Inviting stillness opens us to God. To be still with God is to know God. To know God is to be in the ship that safely carries us through life's storms.
May you navigate the storms of your life as you rest in contentment, through the one who protects and provides.
Susan
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So well said.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to learn to be content in ALL my circumstances. And part of it is...accepting the circumstances.