tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529201785520492787.post2023054038020893218..comments2015-04-23T08:52:22.465-04:00Comments on Talk Time: The Rare Jewel of Christian ContentmentTalk Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066875178063443738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529201785520492787.post-4824264325195493922008-10-02T08:02:00.000-04:002008-10-02T08:02:00.000-04:00Well, I have an anecdote to share. On Tuesday, I s...Well, I have an anecdote to share. On Tuesday, I spent an hour and a half cleaning...and that was just the main level! By Wednesday, the house looked once more as if I'd never cleaned it. How does that happen?! I spent the majority of Wednesday afternoon moping around the house having a pity party with myself about my miserable plight of having to live in a house full of slobs. (just kidding of course ; ) However, the injustice and ingratitude of certain members of my family (names will not be given to protect the guilty) was working itself bitterly into my frame of mind.<BR/><BR/>Well, it just got so overwhelming that I decided to escape for a while and take my dog for a little walk in the beautiful weather. Guess what I was reminded of!!! Hmmm this should sound vaguely familiar: "The Christian has another way to contentment, that is, he can bring his desires down to his possessions, and so he attains contentment. ... But though a man cannot bring his circumstances to be as great as his heart, yet if he can bring his heart to be as little as his circumstances ... this is the way to contentment." Hmm, maybe if I stop expecting perfection in the neatness area of my family members, maybe I will find more joy in serving others and contentment as well. Wouldn't you know!<BR/><BR/>Well, that unbelief is still there, and today I'm going to tackle the upstairs. But the Holy Spirit is doing His job, working even in may weakness...<BR/><BR/>Y'all have a good day!Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01331833065075737759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529201785520492787.post-2403187007194735522008-09-29T14:43:00.000-04:002008-09-29T14:43:00.000-04:00Lily~Oh, what a perfectly delightful post. Thank y...Lily~<BR/><BR/>Oh, what a perfectly delightful post. Thank you for starting my week bright and early with a post on contentment. It's so hard to be content because our hearts are still so full of unbelief...but it's a work of the Spirit and He is gracious to work in and through our weaknesses making us "perfect and complete; lacking in nothing." Thank you so much for the reminder...I needed that on Monday morning! <BR/><BR/>Love you,<BR/><BR/>SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09309556732892580324noreply@blogger.com