The Content Heart

       

"Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,

And for His wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,And praise Him in the company of the elders" - Psalm 107:31-32 

It is 6:55 in the morning on Thanksgiving Day and I have been wide awake since 5:30. I have learned to spend these mornings to spend with Jesus. My bible opened to there was a book mark from my psalms class that I had just finished and it was Psalm 107. Which just happens to be about thankfulness, as I read this psalm I was reminded about all of things that I should be thankful for. Of course I am thankful for Travis, our baby on the way, our combined families, our "family" in Hungary, the total blessing of Travis' having a job , the home that we get to live in, the car we have to drive. All of these things are incredibly awesome, and I am deeply thankful for them. But as I read Psalm 107, I was reminded to be thankful for the LORD. I was reminded to be thankful for His power, for His goodness, for His sacrifice, for His mercy, the list goes on and on. Thanksgiving is a busy day, some may have to travel far, or go to several different places in order to spend the day with our whole families, and it's easy to get caught up in the moment of being busy and then suddenly Thanksgiving is over, we have totally forgotten to be thankful for anything. And then our minds fly to Christmas, and we begin to device our Christmas lists, our menus, and who we are going to visit, the cycle continues. I grew up on the mission field, and I spent every Thanksgiving with at least 30 other believers, we spent all day fellowshipping, eating, and then we made a point to prayer and to just be thankful. I want to encourage you to do that today, if you can before you have to get busy just pray, and be thankful for the LORD and who HE is in your life or you can pray before you go to bed and reflect on those things. 
       Now, as you may be wondering why I titled this blog " The Content Heart", you're about to find out. I have learned that a thankful heart springs up from a content heart. I now that I am guilty of dwelling on the things that I do not have, which really is super dumb. Which afore mentioned in the paragraph above, I have so very much. Everyone in the world is in want of something, some of you really want to leave mom and dad's and have a place of your own, some of you really want to be married right now, some of you really want to have kids right now. And as awesome as these things really are, it is best to just sit back and have a content heart. Now, this is coming from someone who had several major changes of seasons in just the course of one year, I got engaged,married,pregnant and I moved countries all before my 21st birthday. I had to learn to be content in the season I was in because I knew that it was going to be changing very soon. Of course I have had( and I still do) moments where I am uncontent where I am, and that is when I discover that my heart is not thankful and get grumbly and my heart gets gross. 
So, today I really want to challenge all of you to reflect on the Lord, and ask Him to reveal Himself to you so that you will know all of the things that you have to be thankful for. I also challenge you to be content in the season that you are in RIGHT now. And I want you to know that I will be challenging myself with this as well, I have about four more months until this baby gets here, so four more months until it is no longer just Travis & I , we will have a child of our own ( whoa, crazy). So I am thankful for the days I have when it is just us, and I steeped myself in this very short season I have left of this.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving !

Love,

Autumn