During the last month that I went missing.....I was on vacation....North Carolina for 2 weeks. We usually go with our daughter and her family but they couldn't go this year so it was more quiet then past times and they were all greatly missed but it was a great time to catch up with my reading and spending some quality time with God and of course some quality time with my hubby. :)
When I returned home a couple weeks ago, I was playing catch up for the next two weeks. Lots of client appointments, a small group that I was leading, and a Ladies Retreat that I was speaking at.
The small group I lead is a group of sweet young moms and wives, we meet once a month and this month I spoke to them about contentment in their season of life. They are in a difficult season with small children, lots of financial pressure, still working through the challenges of marriage but in reality every season has it's challenges and one of the greatest skills we can learn to enjoy every season is "Contentment."
Contentment is a learned skill: To
be chosen, adopted, mastered and applied.
It doesn’t mean there aren’t disappointments in life, it doesn’t mean we
are in denial, It just means that we can resolve to be content and it will
change our view of everything in life.
Philippians 4:11-13 (NLT)
11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be
content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost
nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every
situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13
For I can do everything through Christ,[a] who gives me strength
The Greek word for contentment in this verse means "inner sufficiency"
satisfaction found through the depth of ones own life with God independent of
surroundings
A woman who is content is a woman
who has chosen to be satisfied with what she has, who she is, and with where
she lives. Women of substance,
satisfaction who has chosen contentment over displeasure.
How do you do this? Easier said then done right? Yes, like most things in this life contentment is a learned, practiced behavior - the more you choose to be content and enjoy where you are for the moment the more you will find it just becoming part of who you are. In 2
Corinthians 9:8 (NLT) it says,
And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will
always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.
When you can get the mindset that what you have on hand is enough
that it is adequate and deemed by God as sufficient then you are ready to fully
participate in the tasks set before you at this season of life.
4 comments:
True Follower: This means....that you check up on your fellow blogger, and even if it has been a while, as life is crazy, you still follow and read. Great Post Coach K......Yes, this is easier said then done.....being content in the season....I will have to "ponder" upon this one.....digest it slowly........HHHAA Great job!
I do think for most of us we have to learn to be content.
Thanks Bev, for hanging in there!! yes, a true follower. So seasons are much more difficult to embrace then others but there is always something good and positive you can find in every season and that is what you have to focus on. Keep digesting!! :-)
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for stopping by - contentment is definatly a learned behavior - in some seasons it's easy and comes naturally but we all have those seasons where it is a daily practice.
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