Satisfied
Here is where the previously post came from. This is a section that God keep bringing back to my mind.
1 Timothy 6:5-10 (Amplified Bible)
5And protracted wrangling and wearing discussion and perpetual friction among men who are corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, who imagine that godliness or righteousness is a [a]source of profit [a moneymaking business, a means of livelihood]. From such withdraw.
6[And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of [b]inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain.
7For we brought nothing into the world, and obviously we cannot take anything out of the world;
8But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content (satisfied).
9But those who crave to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish (useless, godless) and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction and miserable perishing.
10For the love of money is a root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have been led astray and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves through with many [c]acute [mental] pangs.]
Verse 8 what i keep going back to. The last 8 months in my life have been less then what Most american’s would define as Good. I have been unemployed for that time. I have been living with my parents and taken odd jobs to pay the bills. All I own in this world is a 13 year old car, couple bags of clothes, and a couple of boxes. It was not the plan I had for myself. Nor what I dreamed about 5 years ago. Yet I have food and clothing, and i am starting to find contentment in that. As well as thanking God more for little thing. I think I am living the unamerican dream. Which I wouldn’t trade for anything.
