Contentment

I came across these definitions this afternoon, thanks to a group titled "Mom and Loving It" on Facebook.  They are wonderful ladies whose ministry is ministering to moms.  Check them out!  The definitions actually come from a blog by Jill Savage.  PLEASE, if you are a mommy--check it out, too!  I still struggle everyday with contentment where I am.  I want so badly to be a Stay at Home Mommy, but, that is not where I am.  I am a full-time mommy, wife and Bilingual Pre-K teacher.  And I am tired, but I still have piles of laundry tons of work at school to do and today I had a fussy baby who did not want me to put her down.  This causes my heart to hurt, and a struggle with contentment. I hope these definitions speak to you, they are very powerful to me.

Pride: I think you want what I have.

Envy: I want what you have.

Contentment: I’m OK with what I have, and I’m OK with you having what you have

Blessing: I want you to have what I have

I love how it reveals a progression of hard-heartedness to God-heartedness.  God wants to root out pride and envy in our hearts and move us to contentment and blessing.

I find the more I live in contentment and blessing, the more joy I experience.