A scripture and a message: “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” 1 Timothy 6:6
I have seen it time after time, a couple gets married and immediately begins to accumulate large amount of debt trying to establish and maintain the lifestyle of their parents, without considering that their folks have worked hard for many years to earn their possessions.
The couple sails along smoothly for a few years, but then an unexpected event happens and the couple now encounters financial difficulties which causes much stress and threatens to destroy their marriage. In Hebrew 13:5 we read: “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; neve will I forsake you.” What a promise! And what more reason for contentment is needed than to be married to one’s beloved and to know that the God of the universe is ever present, watching over, guiding providing protecting?
Paul claimed to have learned the secret of contentment. Whatever else this secret may entail, surely it involves a constant awareness of God’s goodness and His presence. Such awareness can be fostered by scripture reading, spending time praying and spending time who also know God well. Try it! You will be rewarded with more than contentment; you will have God’s friendship too.
Con amor,
Vero
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