ON “CONTENTMENT”

ON “CONTENTMENT”

Yes, contentment is all about having satisfying wealth! It’s a capacity to determine what is enough! Yes, contentment discerns what is enough. What is enough profit? Pay? Hours engaged? Conservations and or savings accumulated? House size? Possessions? Given that none of us has an accurate gauge on what is sufficient and excessive, we will need help from others. What would it be like for Christians to meet in small companies and or groups to share their purchasing plans and reflect together whether they reflect actual needs leading to gratitude and contentment or envious aspirations that will lead merely to a sense of entitlement and discontent? So few Christians have tried this that it is hard to know what effect it might have simply to share our ideas about what is enough in practical terms. After all, “Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.” (1 Timothy 6:6-8, ESV).

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