CULTIVATING CONTENTMENT is a topic our group will be discussing for the next few weeks. Women everywhere face disappointment, disarray, downfalls, delays, drawbacks & dol-drums. ITS UNAVOIDABLE. THAT'S LIFE!

Contentment doesn't come naturally and it isn't learned quickly. BUT IT CAN BE LEARNED. Philippians 4:11-13 says: "I AM NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE I AM IN NEED, FOR I HAVE LEARNED TO BE CONTENT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE IN NEED AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO HAVE PLENTY. I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT IN ANY AND EVERY SITUATION, WHETHER WELL FED OR HUNGRY, WHETHER LIVING IN PLENTY OR IN WANT. I CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH HIM WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH."

This is Paul the Apostle talking and it was in prison that Paul wrote 2/3 of the New Testament. He took advantage of every situation and learned to be content and productive in all.

Nicole Johnson has said: "YOU WERE MADE FOR MORE THAN THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER YOU. OUR YEARNINGS, LONGINGS, CRAVINGS, AND HOPES ARE TELLING US SOMETHING: THERE ISN'T ENOUGH LOVE, PEACE, HOPE, FRIENDSHIP, AND INTIMACY ON THIS EARTH TO COMPLETELY SATISFY US. WE WILL ALWAYS WANT FOR MORE.