Not from tons of silver and gold
That you may or may not have
Not about feelings, good or bad
Inspired by things you don’t dictate
Not in places high or low
That you can or cannot reach
Not on tags, grades, and grants
Which appear and perish at will.
Day or night is not the cause
Rich and poor can have it all:
Nurtured in the nest of knowing
“I am what I am by His grace
And all my needs are met in Him!”
The dew of contentment oozes
Out of those who have found
The feet of their faith, in Him alone!

The good Book said godliness with contentment is great gain. It means that any godly practices that are lacking in contentment is huge loss. When you compare yourself with others and wonder why your case is different, or sacrifice it all to catch up and belong; when you worry about things beyond your control; when your peace is messed by things you shouldn’t keep; when your faith is shaken by things that are blowing by; when we end up where we shouldn’t be, with what we ought not to have, doing what we need not do, because everyone else is in that groove – what a loss that reads on our account? What a loss to live in ignorance of who we are, of all we can do, and become because of Him? May you find contentment as you follow the way He has marked out for you today and always, amen.

Glory!