contentment.

I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just 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.

Philippians 4:11-13

how long did it take paul
to be content with what he has?
how much does it take
for us to know that its good enough?

we humans, nvr really get quite satisfied huh?
we always want more.
we always look on the other side of the lawn.
we always want what we can't haf.

paul mentions that he'd found
the recipe for being happy irregardless!
what recipe is he talking abt,
i would think its more than just a metaphor.

he'd reconciled with the fact that,
whatever he has, its God given.
whatever he doesn't haf, its God's will.
there's nothing much to envy abt.

he'd also reconciled wif the fact that,
all the plans God has for him,
its to prosper him and not to harm him.
as very commonly remembered in Jeremiah 29:11..

only if we truly believe that
God's plans for us are sovereign.
even if we go to bed hungry,
there must be something God wants to teach us.

even if we don't haf someone to hold,
there must be something to learn.
even if we don't haf the wealth,
there must be something to learn from it.

God will not hold something good from us.
what good is there if He gives you food,
and you be too greedy and complacent?
which is better? grace or grain?

what good is there if He gives you someone to hold,
and you worship him/her instead of God?
and the relationship that may robs your time from Him.
which is better? trust or lust?

what good is there if He gives you millions of dollars,
and all you'd ever want is more?
an insatiable thirst that doesn't need God anymore.
which is better? God or gawd?

there are reasons why God doesn't give us
certain things that we think we need immediately.
simply coz He knows more than us,
He knows what we'll become if we haf that now!

sometimes, it just calls for us to wait.
when we're mature enough.
we will haf it,
our heart's desires will be honoured if we honour Him!

its just like an atm card.
we all haf bank accounts when we're young,
but we're only lacking the card.
which many of us would refute that its essential!

but our parents will only give it to us,
if they think we're accountable enough
that we're 'ready' to save and spend as we deem fit.
what will they lose if they give us the card?

but if they give us the card when we're 12,
more likely than not.
they'll not only lose money,
but consequently, lose a child as well..

so let's trust God to know what's best.
someday He'll give it to us,
when He thinks we're ready,
what He promised us will be worth much more!

be content wif what you haf now,
in fact, learn all you can during dis 'null' period.
and when you're ready,
be more than satisfied when He blesses your desires!