Friday, July 31, 2009

Contentment

God never arranges the circumstances in our lives just the way we want them. We certainly have the blessing of many things that we desire as Americans and blessed Christians, but not everything. He always leaves annoying and vexing things left sitting there--staring us in the face and not leaving like a most unwelcome party crasher.

He does this so that we will not get cocky and lazy. He does this so that we will be left dependent, vulnerable, and a bit restless.

We always need the lesson of submission and humility that annoying things provide...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is excellent and so true! I am going to copy this and place it in my office where I can have it as an exhortation on a daily basis!
Thank you!