Content....just...content

Lately I've found myself saying "I wish I had ..." or "I would like to have..." quite a bit. But, really, what more do I need? I'm saved by the grace of God! I'm blessed to have a family and a husband who love me very much! I have a place to live. I have food to eat (often more than I need, even if I go to the fridge and it's semi-full and then I think to myself "there's nothing in here to eat!") I have a church to go to that preaches and teaches from God's word. I have clothes to wear. I Timothy 6:6-8 states, "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content." Philippians 4:11 says, "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." God doesn't owe us an anything, not even an answer to why we don't have exactly what we want. We shouldn't want for anything. He is in control. He will take care of us! We should be content with all that God has blessed us with. And this does NOT mean we cannot ask Him for prayer requests or things we think we need. But we should be content with His answer to our prayers, and we should be SO super thankful when He shows us grace and mercy and gives us things we desire but do not deserve. He wants us to bring our requests before Him. God knows the desires of our hearts and will give us what we need when we need it. "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" as stated in Matthew 7:11. Philippians 4:6-7 says, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Matthew 7:7 says, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" We should be content with what we have, and thankful for those blessings we often take for granted. And what a sweet, sweet moment it is when we desire something, are content with what we have, give that desire to God, and He answers by letting that desire be fulfilled. Proverb13:12 says, "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life." God is SO good!!!

I also wanted to share a couple of songs via youtube links I heard today that lead me to this blog post: