Posts tagged “Contentment”
Your best body is yet to come
I’ll be turning 42 this year and am starting to feel it. The other night I was hanging out with a crowd about half…
Audience of one
In Judges 3 after the story of Ehud (who is like a Special Forces operative in the Old Testament), there’s a short mention of…
Two gifts to give
It’s almost time to make your Christmas lists (if you’re the kind of person who thinks ahead like that). As you put all the…
Rest … without worry
“Ugh, look at my dining room! I need to make time to paint those dingy walls.” “You know, the bathrooms in this house are…
Just for you
The Christmas gift-hunting season is on for those who do some early shopping. For some this is a thrill; for others it’s a nerve-racking…
Contentment blues
One day while cleaning the kitchen, I thought I could hear running water coming from the den. I threw down the sponge with a…
Enjoy the present
“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”—Andy Bernard, The Office The great…
A lesson in contentment
In July 2021, an F-1 tornado struck half a mile from our house, leaving a trail of destruction multiple miles long. Thanks to weather…
What fills your heart?
Part of my nightly routine involves writing in my “Thanksgiving Journal,” in which I meditate on and praise God for all the blessings he…
Break free from greed
Everyone wants to be free from guilt. Everyone wants to be free from anger. But not everyone wants to be free from greed. Why…
Let go of regret
In her book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, Amy Morin lists how someone can get stuck in their past: You wish you…
Sitting shotgun with Jesus
Once upon a time, Jesus pulled a 15-passenger van into a man’s driveway. He honked the horn, rolled down the window as the door…