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Discontent!
Some time ago there appeared in a newspaper a cartoon showing two fields divided by a fence. Both fields were about the same size and each had plenty of the same kind of lush green grass.
In each field there was a mule, and each mule had his head through the fence eating grass from the other mule’s pasture. All around each mule, in his own field was plenty of grass, yet the grass on the other side of the fence seemed greener or fresher, although it was harder to get. Furthermore, in the process the mules were caught in the fence wires and were unable to disentangle themselves. The cartoonist put just one word at the bottom of the picture — “DISCONTENT!”
Does this describe you? The Bible tells us, “Godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Timothy 6:6).
The key to contentment is really to be enjoying the company of the Lord Jesus each day. So we read, “Be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5). Is He enough to satisfy no matter what our circumstances? Indeed He is!
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