When I was growing up we would have never have used the phrase “I am bored” I don ‘t know at what point I became aware of it but we just knew that if we were to say that or any variation of it, we would promptly be put to work. We were taught to work around our home and …
How can we make our homes more of a refuge from the storms of discontent that rage in the world? The endless advertisements telling us that we are not pretty enough, or thin enough or make enough money. Telling us , lying to us, constantly that the very next “thing” will finally make us happy. If Mom is not happy …
I love Elizabeth Elliot. A wonderful straightforward woman of God said -Contentment is a command. My mother used to say “Behave yourselves.” Contentment is really taking yourself by the scruff of the neck and behaving yourself when you are feeling discontent about anything. It’s being still.” Contentment is the heart of a woman content and at peace with her Savior, …
I see around me a world that seeks happiness and contentment in things, feelings, people and even self. Their god, as ours once was, was our selves. Seeking to satisfy our souls with empty minutes of what we thought was happiness. In reality, it was merely distractions for our insatiable appetite for sin. It was all about me. There is …