On Contentment

My Mom loaned me a book a while back by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steven Estes called "When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty". It was only recently that I started reading it and so far, I am thoroughly enjoying it. The following is an excerpt from the chapter entitled "Gaining Contentment".

"When you realize you are among the least, the littlest, the last and the lost, God becomes everything. To be caught up in His superior happiness, is to see His love infused in and entertained around everything. Absolutely everything.
You find your heart drawn nearer to God by the smallest of enjoyments. 'When your husbands are at sea,' says Jeremiah Burroughs, 'and they send you a token of their love, it is worth more than forty times what you already have in your houses. Every good thing the people of God enjoy, they enjoy it...as a token of God's love...and this must needs be very sweet to them.'
To the contented person, the God-given token can be an hour of listening to Bach by the fireside. Sitting under a tree on a blustery day. Pulling over on the road to take in a kaleidoscope sunset. You find yourself peeling an onion only to stop and marvel at the beauty of its concentric rings, all perfect and delicate. You see a kitten wrestling with a sock and giggle over God's sense of humor. Our duties are sweet when seen as service to Him...When everything becomes a token of God's love, you feel as though you possess everything; yet you have nothing!"

Are you truly enjoying every good thing God has given to you? We are so undeserving and unworthy of even the smallest of His blessings. Take time to delight in each token of love God gives to you. Don't let even the smallest one go unnoticed. Each one is a special gift. Just for you. From the Creator of the Universe.