On December 27, I am teaching in our worship service at 10:45, and I am preparing to tackle this issue of contentment. I am teaching out of Philippians 4, where Paul says, "I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content." In anticipation of that message, I'd love for you to contribute to the process. How do you learn contentment? Can you illustrate this principle from your own life? Comment on this here or email me at mholmes@istrouma.org.
Hope and Peace to you.
Mike
Wow! I have been down that road with trying to have another baby for 6+ years. I would pray over and over that God would allow me to be content even if I never had another baby! But over time you start to wriggle around in discontent. Time and time again, I would be content for a season and then find myself discontent again, and questioning why. I think God wants us to find the contentment of Philippians 4 despite our circumstances. He also wants us to BE STILL no matter the situation. Those are the things I think he tried to change and mature the most in me during that time in the "waiting room" of infertility and miscarriages. I hope that I would have been just as joyful had I never had another baby! But sometimes I believe God will "reward" us for learning the important lessons. I pray that He is pleased with how He refined me during those years.
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