24/08/2024
Good day fb family. Long post Alert !‼️ I had an awakening on Monday. Fresh out of Physical Therapy, a lady asked mom, how I lost my leg. After hearing what happened, she said “she look so content, like she was ok.”
Now, being transparent, I had a rough session and I had a lot on my mind. But, she saw ‘Contentment.’
I know what content means but, I wss intriged and was compelled to look it up. The word ‘CONTENTMENT’ is a state of being in which one is satisfied with their current life situation, and the state of affairs in one's life as they presently are. If one is content, they are at inner peace with their situation and how the elements in one's life are situated.
Apostle Paul, I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”
Philippians 4:11
It would be insensitive of me to minimize life situations to merely having less or more. Being content also extends to extreme circumstances when you loss your husband, your health, your peace. Before my incident, I often thought, how people lived with such tragedies, such pain, burden, brokenness.
I realized just prior to my amputation you loose your contentedness when you allow your situation to consume you. Extreme challenges in my life caused me to divert from what & who made me content in the first place. I was loosing my will to get up and the strength to fight.
Thank God, who always cause us to triumph. Holy Spirit saw my defeated spirit, my discontentment, my disappointments and led Bishop to commanded the spirit in me to rise up. Then, I began to live again. I worshipped, I praised, I danced, I allowed God to heal me. I never missed a meeting, an assignment, a deadline, an opportunity to give, to live to celebrate others. I pressed through. Only God!! GRACE & MERCY‼️
It prepared me for what was coming. So, when you look @ what’s going on in your life good and bad, strive for that place of contentment/peace and get up‼️
Dig deep, and find a way to rejoice in the Lord. Ask Him to put continual peace in your heart that can only come from Him. Bless the Lord, whether you “feel like it” or “not.” You will find that the more you are intentional with these acts of expression, the more content and at peace you will be.
Be encouraged friends. This is the face of Contentment!! Dig deep for a way to rejoice in the Lord. As you release every situation or circumstance to Him, you will receive perpetual peace in your heart that can only come from Him. Despite, what you’re facing, Bless the Lord, whether you “feel like it” or not.
Praise to a Sovereign God, you always causes us to triump. Be encouraged. Be a witness of his peace.
This is the picture beside the definition of the state of being CONTENT.
All Glory to a stupendous God‼️🙏🏽