Today...my guest is Kendal Privette! She is an awesome writer who I "met" through her blog
Kendal's poetic style is always honest as she writes about life as a mom, teacher, and child of God. Here is what God has been showing her through His word lately....
envy. (n.)
a feeling of
discontent
and
resentment
aroused by and in conjunction with
desire for the
possessions or
qualities (or accomplishments) of another
if i compiled a list of
wants instead of thankfuls
it might look something like this -
13.1 sticker for my clipboard
flatter stomach
barbie dream kitchen
a publishing contract
higher test scores from my students
newer car
higher batting averages for my children
but even more
i don't want others to have these either
this envy
has dogged me much of my life
the list morphs from
one season to the next
but envy has been a tag-along
since i was a little girl
wishing for an easy-bake oven
but we are working on it,
god and i
but he isn't curing me of
envy
by giving me everything i desire
nor
is he taking what i desire from
those who have it
half-marathons still happen
people are thinner than i am
women have barbie dream kitchens
and
teachers have better test scores
but what he is teaching me
through
scripture memory
and purposefully listing thankfuls
(1000 gifts)
is contentment
and it isn't contentment
that comes from having everything i want
but everything i need
and
all that i need is christ:
...i have learned
to be satisfied with what i have
i know what it is
to be in need
and
what it is
to have more than enough
i have learned this secret,
so that anywhere,
at any time,
i am content,
whether i am full or hungry,
whether i have too much or too little.
i have the strength
to face all conditions
by the power that
Christ
gives
me
Kendal is a wife, mother of two boys, middle school teacher and writer in western North Carolina. Her husband describes her as corn-shucking, salsa-making, pig-feeding, back-rubbing God's gift to me.
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6 comments:
LOVE LOVE LOVE her post! Awesome!!!! I like how you are having all these women post! It is so encouraging!
I feel like almost every line of this was meant for me to read. Thank you!
when it comes to this particular lesson, i usually sit in the very last row of the remedial class. good thing He's so adept at miracles, because i? am every bit a miracle in progress.
Kendall, that touched a part of me the Lord is working on as well. Best post I've read in a while!! Thanks. I hope you are enjoying your vacation!
oh kendal, your honesty is so refreshing, every time. you are beautiful friend. just as you are.
Thank you Kendal for this heart-felt post...learning contentment is something I desire in my own life. It's so tiresome looking at other people...other things...what a gift contentment really is!
Thank you for sharing from your hear!
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