I think of myself as a contented person. In fact, change is often the last thing I’m looking for. I’m doing what I’ve always wanted to do – being a wife, mother, grandmother, and writer.

As a new believer these things were just dreams. I was a single mom working several jobs to make ends meet. I had no idea what the Lord’s plans for me were, only that he was helping me face my past and healing me in the process.

[Tweet “Contentment was an elusive thought.”]

 

Every day was a new journey for me as the Lord cleaned me up and set me on the right path. Everything in my life was changing faster than I could have ever imagined. 

• Old friends thought I was losing my mind.

• My fiance told me he would leave me if I went to church on Christmas Eve – and he did.

• I was making new friends.

• I was facing my fears.

[Tweet “My life was being turned upside down, but I had a joy that I had never known.”]

And now I thought I knew contentment. I would have liked to stop the clock and just stay here, but that isn’t an option.

• I’m getting older.

• Our children are grown up and they need me in different ways now.

• My husband and I are discussing retirement and all the changes and possibilities that will open up.

Now, I’m working to find contentment in the midst of change. 

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.  I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:12-13 NIV

I find myself needing to learn contentment all over again.

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