Life has been pretty busy ... and full of its ups and downs? But overall I am doing well at the moment. :)

I had a great time the weekend before last, going on a retreat with a group from my church to Tyler, Texas. Good times!

I have been thinking some lately about the subject of contentment ... I was reading a good article today during lunch (while eating at Chick-fil-a ... not surprising, huh? :o)) about the subject, that had insights from Nancy Leigh DeMoss, a godly woman with Revive our Hearts ministry.

Before I head off to embark on my evening ... praying with a friend and catching up on some stuff around the apartment and hopefully doing some more good Christian reading ... here are some of her quotes that stood out to me ... enjoy! :)

If I have essentially a contented heart, there is not any circumstance or any person that can make me unhappy. If I have a discontented heart and I live in a palace, I'm not going to be happy. But if I have a contented heart, I can live, as the apostle Paul did, in a prison and nothing can strip me or rob me of that joy.

She talks about how the apostle Paul says in Philippians 4 that he "learned" contentment. Then she says the following:
If we're going to learn contentment, that means we're going to have to experience some circumstances where our natural response would be to grumble, to be discontent. So expect it. If you want to develop this beautiful rare jewel of a contented spirit, expect that God will take you to school on this subject and provide in your life circumstances that are not easy to embrace.

Contentment is based in a faithful, loving God who never changes.