BEING CONTENT

Today's reading: 1 Timothy 4-6

"So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content." 1 Timothy 6:8 NLT

I've just read a quote...

'Desire is an odd thing. As soon as it's sated, it transmutes. If we receive golden thread, we desire the golden needle.'

We, sadly, live in a nation of malcontents.

Most of us never have enough. Never hold enough things. Are never surrounded by the magical number of toys that leave our hearts full.

Paul tells Timothy, if you have clothes to wear and some food to eat--be content.

He doesn't suggest specific clothes to wear, just that you have some. That your nakedness is covered.

Nor does he allude to certain foods to eat, favorite meals, delicacies, special occasion treats. What you want, when you want it and in the amounts you desire.

The lines, for believers and non-believers, have certainly blurred in regards to what we need and what we want.

Let today be a start of checking our level of contentment.