A Contented Heart

      Well, first I need to start by saying Happy Easter to everyone! Church was such a blessing this morning at Calvary! I have loved going to that church and the message Pastor Charles preached was such a blessing looking at the importance of the 3 days and why we celebrate “Easter”. Thank you, Christ for your Resurrection and that You did not stay in that tomb! You did rise again! I do not feel as if I am at all adequate enough to do something like this, but it’s something I really want to do and feel led to do. I think it can be a blessing and help to people and even to myself. I just want to really write what how God works in my heart and what I am learning from His Word, but kind like writing my own “mini” devotionals. 

      Contentment. It’s not an easy thing to have, is it? I know this from personal experience because I struggle with it on a daily basis. I struggle with being content single. I struggle being content at college because I don’t enjoy it but I have to finish. I struggle being content not knowing what God has for a future job for me. So many things I struggle with, but God tells us in His Word we cannot worry about these things. He is taking care of us. He is in control and will not leave our sides (Hebrews 13:5). We need to stop trying to be in control and hand everything over to Him. We need to be content with where we are and give control of our lives to Him. God knows every situation we face and can take care of us, we do not need to worry and we need to be content in that situation (Philippians 4:11-12). 

       I know, sometimes that can be easier said than done! I struggle with that all that time. Sometimes it is a matter of daily just giving it over to God. Sometimes we will feel like we are in our deepest “pit” and so discontent with where we are in our lives and ready to give up and it will just have to be one of those days where we will need look to God first and foremost and cry out to Him for help to bring you back to a place of contentment. It is even good to have good friends and family that can helpJ. We will live miserable lives if we live them discontented, not to mention, God tells us that we are to be content so if we were not then we would be living in disobedience to God as well. I can honestly say I have had a lousy semester and a lot of it has been because I have been discontent with my circumstances. It’s my biggest struggle that I am working on and by God’s grace I am getting through it day by day.

Philippians 4:11-12

“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”