Are you living with contentment? One of the cornerstones to a fulfilled life is contentment. A person who is truly content in life is a person who does not let their emotions consume them. Most people are only content for a short time, and this is when things are going their way and they seem to be getting what they want. While this will bring temporary satisfaction, it is only short lived and is gone alot of times before we realize it. I think the key to contentment is not in things or circumstances, but in a relationship with Jesus Christ. If we rely on him, regardless of what we have or don't have, like or don't like, we have a foundation that is sure. Paul said it best in his letter to the Philippians.....
Philippians 4:11-13
11. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12. ?I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Notice Paul alludes to the need for Christ in all things. If you truly want to be content in life work on your relationship with Christ, and let him handle the rest. Stop trying to find contentment in work, recreation, relationships, and things, and focus on Jesus. Paul said that he had learned how to be content with little or much, free or in bonds, only by the strength given him through Christ....