~~ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER~

~~A LESSON LEARNED~~

---"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances."
---(Philippians 4:11)--

~~~Mary was widowed and facing serious health challenges, so her daughter invited her to move into the new "granny apartment" attached to her home. Although it would involve leaving friends and the rest of her family many miles away, Mary rejoiced in God's provision.

Six months into her new life, her contentment slipped away. She missed her Christian friends and her new church was too far away to get to independently.

Then she read something nineteenth-centurey preacher Charles Spurgeon had written. "Now contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and it must be cultivated," he pointed out. "Paul says, 'I have learned to be content,' as if he didn't know how at one time"

Mary concluded that if an ardent evangelist like Paul, confined to prison, abandoned by friends, and facing execution could learn contentment, then so could she.

Mary said, "I confessed my inward grumbling and asked for God's forgiveness. Soon after that a newly retired lady asked if I would be her prayer partner, and others offered me a ride to church. My needs were wonderfully met." ~~

--'GOD HEARS HER' / DEVOTIONS FOR WOMEN~~
~~"NONE BUT JESUS" (Hillsong/ Darlene Zschech) <https://youtu.be/WYLmD4-GRcw>
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