Recently, I had a profound conversation with my 11-year-old granddaughter. As we sat eating lunch together, I asked her, “Selah, what is God teaching you these days?” She paused and reflected and then she said, “contentment.” I was blown away by her answer. Rarely does a girl in sixth grade say that God is teaching…
When Steve and I were traveling in England several years ago, I noticed a sign whenever we were getting ready to step off public transportation. The sign read, “Mind the Gap.” I’ve been thinking about that sign recently as it applies to the whole realm of contentment. The gap between what we have and what…
I’ve been thinking a lot about contentment lately. It’s easy to want more or to feel dissatisfied with our life circumstances. If you’re visionary in nature, you look at the future, imagining something better. However, God calls us to contentment. The dictionary defines contentment as being satisfied. As I look around at our culture, I…
The wilderness is bleak and barren. I remember while traveling in Israel and Egypt several years ago, Steve and I went to the Sinai Desert. I have to tell you; it was barren for miles! I’ve always been a bit hard on the Israelites who complained in the desert and murmured against God…until I visited…
Just when we thought The COVID crisis was improving, we see on the news that cases are rising and that businesses opened too early. No one seems sure about the economy or what will happen when (and if) schools open in the Fall. Uncertainty continues. One of the leading causes of anxiety is uncertainty. Many…