Discontented Hearts

The seed of immorality is a discontented heart.

- Lydia Brownback, purplecellar.blogspot.com

Getting Married Doesn't....

I first noticed this post on Abigail's blog. I guess it's been a hit, though, 'cause I've seen it on at least four or five other blogs in the last couple of days. At the risk of being redundant, I'm going to post it anyway for those of you who haven't seen it. It's a great article.

A quick snippet:

Getting married doesn't instantly make you selfless... it makes you realize how very selfish you can be at times.

Getting married doesn't make you feel loved... it makes you realize love is more of a decision you make than a feeling you feel.

Getting married doesn't take away loneliness... it makes you realize true companionship comes not when you demand it but rather when you give it to another person.

You can read the entire article here.

* * * *

My brothers are back from Africa with thousands of pictures!
I'll upload a few as soon as I get a chance....

Contentment

Contentment is not the absence of desire.

As Fairlight Meyer wrote,
"We like to make contentment a tame thing, a house cat - better yet, a guinea pig... Possible only when desire is so dead, imagination is so small, that nothing else is worth bothering about. A sort of dull indifference..."

Contentment is not the absence of desire, but rather the Mind of Christ ruling in our hearts. It is a state of complete trust in the One to whom we have committed our souls... The belief that not one hair can fall from our head without His notice, and that not one of our desires will escape the notice of our loving, all-wise God.