tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26260469.post116629064990893916..comments2023-11-03T07:33:01.892-03:00Comments on Missionary Mom: Contentment, or lack thereofRhonda in Chilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888816980118563033noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26260469.post-1166573732052979972006-12-19T21:15:00.000-03:002006-12-19T21:15:00.000-03:00Content is something I need to be ALL the time.......Content is something I need to be ALL the time.....not just when I feel like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26260469.post-1166552155768988112006-12-19T15:15:00.000-03:002006-12-19T15:15:00.000-03:00What you have to remember Rhonda is that the perso...What you have to remember Rhonda is that the person only takes a picture of the shiney side of the room/attractive angle, little do we know that behind the camera is the biggest pile of ironing, rubbish and children's toys all pushed to the other side of the room for the purpose of picture taking. Perhaps there is also unfinished DIY, perhaps their neighbours are horrid, perhaps they live under the flight path of the nearest airport, perhaps they have rising damp, perhaps they are infested with cockroaches...or perhaps they do live in a palace. But to be sure they will suffer discontentment in some area of their lives.<BR/><BR/>We all do. I look at the Royal Family here in the UK, I look at the rich and famous and they all live in big, posh, secure, beautiful homes...and they are all discontented, messed up and unhappy.<BR/><BR/>Jesus is our contentment isn't He? Or at least He should be...I need to remember this as I fall over hubby's guitar amplifier for the 59 millionth time! LOL. "I need a bigger house for all this stuff!!"<BR/><BR/>Hugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26260469.post-1166486748436918452006-12-18T21:05:00.000-03:002006-12-18T21:05:00.000-03:00I agree with maggii. We all go through periods of...I agree with maggii. We all go through periods of discontentment. I know it doesn't make it right but it does make you human Sis!! It seems though that when I get that way the Lord is faithful to bring someone before me either by prayer request or in person that has it so much worse than I do and it's then that I feel so bad that I even felt like I did. So just know that you are human and that God understands how we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26260469.post-1166292712043728622006-12-16T15:11:00.000-03:002006-12-16T15:11:00.000-03:00Thanks you for the kind words of encouragement, Ma...Thanks you for the kind words of encouragement, Maggii!<BR/>God bless you this Christmas!<BR/>RRhonda in Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888816980118563033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26260469.post-1166291567533906952006-12-16T14:52:00.000-03:002006-12-16T14:52:00.000-03:00{{{{{Rhonda}}}}} I think we all go thru this....I ...{{{{{Rhonda}}}}} I think we all go thru this....I have some of the same feelings as I Look at eveyone's homes as well....some just have such a talent for decorating....or they are just much more organized and their homes just look so much 'neater"...just remember that the house itself is just a shell ......it's what you do with what you have and the love that is shared within those walls..that makes it a 'home"...I've lived in small homes and large homes....and honestly I think our Happiest times were the times we lived in smaller ones....it was fun to find ways to maximize the space...and easier to decorate...in a larger I home I ind myself feeling the need to fill it with 'things" not to mention feeling the need to decorate it just so...to keep up with the neighbors...etc....Maggiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261594720430719365noreply@blogger.com