Dear Ones,
Hope you have a contented day! I am going to bake cookies on a stick and go to my exercise class, Craft time and later Bible study at church.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Would we be able to say we are content with what we have, or do we long for what we don’t yet possess? Paul is a good example to us of contentment as he learned to be thankful when he had a little or a lot, and said in Phil 4:12, “I’ve learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I’m just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little.” Paul’s secret was that he knew who cared for him and found his fulfillment in the Lord and not in possessions.

All of us need to learn better how to detach from clinging to things and wanting more. When we went to Mexico and visited their little makeshift homes, they wanted to always give something to us. It was hard to accept from them as it came from such sacrificial giving. Others who have much often fear losing what they have find it hard to let it go. But the process of detachment for Christians is not to stop loving things and people of this world, but to love them more truly in God.  We let go in order to love more and gain more freedom and joy in the Lord who satisfies our heart’s desires!

It helps if we remember that things in life are only lent to us and we don’t own them. Then as we let them go it is without pain for they never belonged to us in the first place. We will find we experience interior freedom in our hearts as we no longer trust in things or long for them, but trust ourselves into our Father’s care. Some people have great riches but are not possessed by them. Others may have a lot or even a little but long for more and are never satisfied. When we give more of our time and attention to getting more things of the world than giving attention to God, it becomes idolatry.  The writer to the Hebrews said, “Keep your life free from love of money and be content with what you have for He has said, ‘I will never fail you nor forsake you.’”

Challenge for today: Thank the Lord for His care for you and be content.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy