Contentment = Trust (Part 1)

Contentment is found when we trust God with our whole heart.

                              Trust   Abide   Love   Know

It is very hard to trust someone you don’t know.  You may hear all kinds of wonderful things about them but until you meet them and spend time with them, watching them in different circumstances, you truly don’t know who they are. It is just about impossible to trust anyone until you really know them.

Many have heard of God and His amazing love for us. We have seen Him work in the lives of others, we know people who speak highly of Him and praise Him in many ways. But what does it take for each us to truly trust Him. How can we know that we can trust Him with the circumstances of our lives and in that trust find true contentment?

I remember clearly the day I felt the Lord telling me it was time to let go of the last commitment I was involved with.  I pictured myself out in the middle of a huge lake in a little row boat with only one oar left in the water. I cried out to God that if I pulled that last oar in I would be left out there with nothing and I would dry up and blow away.  He was asking me to trust Him to meet me right where I was, even if it was all alone in a big lake with no oars in the water.

 When we have newborns and little ones who are in such constant 24/7 need, it can be a very dry season.  Not only are you putting in nonstop hours through the day and night but you are facing situations that you most likely have never had to deal with before. Things like sleep deprivation, exploding pumpkin colored diaper disasters, crying little ones that you can’t comfort, ear infections, fevers, out-of-the-blue rashes that all seem to appear Friday afternoon, right after the Dr’s office has closed for the weekend. If you try to get to church you rarely hear the sermon due to a hungry baby, fighting siblings or a page that your little one needs you in the nursery right away. It can seem like all you are doing is giving out and nothing is being taken in.