Contentment

What a gift to be where I am in life at 78. Reflecting this a.m. on how life could have been, were it not for grace and blessings of God and others.

Psalms 130 & 131 stirred such inner peace within me as I read, sensing the calm in my life, in contrast with the ache and lack of predictability for so many on this tiny globe.

130:5 awakened this reality and the long source of my contentment, "I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope."

"My whole being waits", what a gift!

No longer distracted by the need to prove anything, the responsibility to correct or reverse the ill decisions of others. No fear or codependency that halts my future. Wow!

"My heart is not proud...my eyes not haughty" man did that ever take a few seasons!

"I do not concern myself with great matters" at least this morning, though I'm sure the headlines will change that soon?

My hope is not in politics nor weaponry, "nor things too wonderful for me"...no longer easily enticed!

"I have calmed and quited myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother...I am content."

Lord keep me there throughout this day!