Contentment

I am currently reading this great book that Angela Mooney gave to us girlfriends/wives of Dr. Mooney's interns last Christmas. It is called "Life Management for Busy Women" by Elizabeth George. It is really great. Throughout every chapter I have found myself feeling convicted about my attitude by a certain subject or feeling ashamed by the way I do spend my time.

In a chapter titled God's Guidelines for Your Money she listed this poem:

A Recipe for Contentment

Health enough to make work a pleasure;

Wealth enough to support your needs;

Strength enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them;

Grace enough to confess your sins and overcome them;

Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished;

Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor;

Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others;

Faith enough to make real the things of God;

Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

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This poem was so simple, yet it spoke greatness to me. This is exacly how our attitude needs to be on a daily basis. Brandon and I are in a bit of a nervous state right now in needing to find Brandon a full time job. This reminded me that though we have many needs at this time, so do others, and I need not fulfill my selfish thoughts of myself. God is faithful and we have full confidence He will provide. I pray that Brandon and I will continue to be strengthened during this time in our dependence in the Lord and that we can also be a blessing to others and continue to serve Him. Please, also, keep us in your prayers!

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I also highly recommend this book to any "busy woman" which is basically all the women I know, so if you are a woman who is reading this, please go pick up this book!!