#Contentment

Cheers to a New Week!


#BeHappy  #BeContent #BeAppreciative




Philippians 4:10-14  (Message Bible) says this..."I’m glad in God, far happier than you would ever guess—happy that you’re again showing such strong concern for me. Not that you ever quit praying and thinking about me. You just had no chance to show it. Actually, I don’t have a sense of needing anything personally. I’ve learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I’m just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I’ve found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am. I don’t mean that your help didn’t mean a lot to me—it did. It was a beautiful thing that you came alongside me in my troubles."


I love this passage and thought I'd share this particular translation, as I feel that it is so greatly filled with clarity...so much so, that I am considering this version to gift to my daughter.


My note to you today as you look forward to a new week is to be happy and content in the state that you're in. You never know what is just around the corner if you just show your gratitude toward God, our Maker...and be considerate and kind to those who you know are praying for and with you. Today I am grateful for the littlest thing... telework! God knows that after a busy and productive weekend, I very much needed my coffee in my PJ's and slippers. As I watch the deer frolic outside my kitchen window, preparing for my day...a sigh of contentment comes over me. I am appreciative of the little things, as well as the greater. Of course I am grateful for Life, Health, Strength, my Right Mind, Family, Provision...etc. What things in your life are you appreciative of? If your situation is not in the place that is ideal, how can you change your heart and thoughts to see the positive...to look forward with contentment?


Paul wrote while incarcerated...and the tone of his writings are awe inspiring. One may ask, "How can a person be so happy and content while in a dead-end situation?" Hope of a future and expected end which is made possible through Jesus Christ is my answer.


Now, I must start my workday... but I encourage all of my readers to be positive and ready to embrace what is just beyond your reach... while in a position of stillness, or if you feel like you're just plain "stuck"...check your heart to see if it's primed for what's next...prepare yourself for what is to come and #BeHappy #BeGrateful #LittleBecomesMuch


*Note to self... Don't fret over what's not happening right now, but keep focused on the end game.


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