{"id":7861,"date":"2023-05-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=7861"},"modified":"2023-04-22T07:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T12:07:05","slug":"7861","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/08\/7861\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefit of Contentment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> 1 Samuel 2:22-4:22<\/strong><\/a>, John 5:24-47<\/strong><\/a>, Psalm 106:1-12<\/strong><\/a>, Proverbs 14:30-31<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cA tranquil heart gives\u00a0life to the flesh,\u00a0but\u00a0envy\u00a0makes\u00a0the bones rot.\u201d Prov. 14:30<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefit of contentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envy brings turmoil; desiring what others have makes us not appreciate what we do have. Saying, \u201cIt must be nice\u2026\u201d indicates envy. \u201cIt must be nice to have a spouse, go on vacation, have a new car\u2026.\u201d\u00a0 Without contentment, jealousy can consume us.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gratitude defeats contentment. Instead of focusing on what you don\u2019t have, focus on what you do have. Don\u2019t compare yourself to the things on your social media timeline. Photos don\u2019t tell the whole story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at a friend\u2019s happy family photo sparked envy. But later, when talking to her, I discovered the turmoil behind the image and realized that pictures lie. When I see things in my timeline, I remind myself that I only see a moment, not the entire story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Develop an attitude of gratitude by listing the blessings God\u2019s placed in your life. Rejoice at other people\u2019s good fortune instead of envying it. Tranquil hearts come with contentment, giving life to your bones, but envy causes decay.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lord, forgive us for envying what others have. Help us focus on our blessings, developing an attitude of gratitude for all You do for us. Let our hearts become tranquil, giving life to our bones. Give us eyes to see and ears to hear Your good works. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One minute read. Daily Reading: 1 Samuel 2:22-4:22, John 5:24-47, Psalm 106:1-12, Proverbs 14:30-31 Daily Verse: \u201cA tranquil heart gives\u00a0life to the flesh,\u00a0but\u00a0envy\u00a0makes\u00a0the bones rot.\u201d Prov. 14:30 Benefit of contentment. Envy brings turmoil; desiring what others have makes us not appreciate what we do have. Saying, \u201cIt must be nice\u2026\u201d indicates envy. \u201cIt must be… Continue reading Benefit of Contentment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7864,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861\/revisions\/7864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}