Contentment Helps

A woman named Ella worked with the pygmies in Africa for 52 years in the scorching heat of the African bush. This list was found in an old diary of hers. It was her prescription for contentment:

• Never allow yourself to complain about anything---not even the weather.
• Never picture yourself in any other circumstance or someplace else.
• Never compare your lot with another's.
• Never allow yourself to wish this or that had been otherwise.
• Never dwell on tomorrow---remember that tomorrow is God's, not ours.

I'm training my mind in line with this advice because it is in line with Paul's letters advising us to submit our minds to Christ. It all goes back to awareness of His Presence of grace in every moment. Remain!

Reading about Ella reminded me of my short stint in Congo. This picture was taken at a
refugee camp in Goma. Our sisters.