Posts tagged “Contentment”
Being content
Our oldest son reached a milestone in his third-grade advanced reading course. As a reward, he asked for the entire set of Diary of…
Number our days
Did you get a new planner for the new year? Oh, that clean calendar feeling! Nothing but blank space for as far as the…
Competition or cooperation
The following two statements are true: Possessions are a blessing from God. Possessions are a burden to manage. Abraham and his nephew Lot had…
A good, quiet life
The apostle Paul wrote this to the Christians living in Thessalonica: “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your…
Your future self: Hope for the New Year
I love New Year’s! It’s a time of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward what’s ahead (Philippians 3:13 paraphrase). A time of…
What you really need
The paralyzed man probably thought, “If I could only walk, then I’d be happy.” Four friends carried him to the teacher. Jesus looked at…
Christmas “feast”
There’s a tradition in my family that I love. When my parents were young church workers, fresh out of college, they didn’t make a…
The joy of not owning
When you’re staying at a hotel, do you bring pictures along and nail them up on the walls? Do you leave the water running…
A case of the grumbles
Why are we so good at grumbling? Whenever I ask my kids to load the dishwasher, I usually get at least ten minutes of…
More than enough
You can never have enough money. Have you learned that yet? It’s a hard truth for us to grasp. We always feel like we…
Miserable wrestling match
I was on the wrestling team in high school. I had great coaches who cared for me and amazing teammates who felt like family….
Walk what you talk!
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman has been used countless times by couples and businesses alike to identify various ways people feel and…