I know you thought you did but you
got nothing on me today…I will have to tell you
about it at a later date. Drama is what makes the world go round. Enough real
drama is in the news each and every day not to mention the hospitals and
nursing homes. That is the stuff of life and death, now that is real. Then
there is the made up drama of accusations, innuendo and half truths. Lastly
there is the political drama that focuses on the unimportant bypassing the
important. It is crazy how mixed up we can be.
So, just so you know, your emergency is not
necessarily mine. Your drama is not necessarily mine either. Try as you might
to make it mine, it is not necessarily mine. The same is true for you. Having
said that, there are some things that are universally important. The list
includes those experiences and people that we treasure the most. Our treasure
is what we value. Those are what swell us with pride, peace and contentment.
Last week I prepared a message on contentment and half way through drew it to a
close in response to time and my own energy. I just did no real explanation. So
this week I will conclude yet God has been revealing a few things that bring
contentment. Turns out they are what I value the most. The list goes like this:
·
The smile of a child. Sunday a little
girl whose family was dedicating themselves to the LORD looked at me in
response to my voice and spontaneously smiled.
·
The love of a pet. We have a beagle
named Annie. When I come home she raises cane in the house until someone lets
her out and then she come at full speed right to me to pet her.
·
The care of a community. This week a
member of our church in a health crisis was grateful for calls and visits
before surgery.
·
The foundation of family. They support you not maybe how you want but
how they and only they can.
·
The sacrifice of a Savior.
10-14 I’m glad in God, far
happier than you would ever guess—happy that you’re again showing such strong
concern for me. Not that you ever quit praying and thinking about me. You just
had no chance to show it. Actually, I don’t have a sense of needing anything personally.
I’ve learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I’m just as
happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I’ve found the recipe
for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I
have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who
I am. I don’t mean that your help didn’t mean a lot to me—it did. It was a
beautiful thing that you came alongside me in my troubles. Philippians
4:10-14 The Message
We look for peace, contentment,
purpose and prestige, power and passion in the wrong places. The world we see
around us and in us bombards us with messages to make life better, peaceful and
content. They are all hollow. This week I am bulletproof because of Christ who
strengthens me and loves me so.
How about You?
In HIS Service and Yours,
BroG
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