"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." — Philippians 4:11 Discontentment is a sense of dissatisfaction, restlessness, and more plainly, the absence of being at peace and content. It is a trait that is cultivated and we increasingly get better at it as we exercise it. While happiness is a feeling that comes and goes, contentment is a choice.” A change in perspective can change our feelings and emotions and influence our behavior. “You have no need to sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough, because they are indigenous to earth, upon which rests the curse; so you have no need to teach men to complain, they complain fast enough without any education. But the precious things of the earth must be cultivated. If we would have wheat, we must plough and sow; if we want flowers, there must be the garden, and all the gardener's care. Now, contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and if we would have it, it must be cultivated. It will not grow in us by nature; it is the new nature alone that can produce it, and even then we must be specially careful and watchful that we maintain and cultivate the grace which God has sown in it. Paul says, "I have learned to be content;" as much as to say he did not know how at one time. It cost him some pains to attain to the mystery of that great truth.” Charles Spurgeon We choose to be satisfied! GiGi❤️
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