Maybe it’s just me, but it feels like a lot of folks are running low on contentment these days. Can we even define that word anymore? Would we recognize it if we saw it?
In his letter to the believers in Philippi, the Apostle Paul writes, “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or want.”
In our current era of political polarization, institutional mistrust, fractured friendships, and economic uncertainty, wouldn’t it be great to know what Paul knows?
Boundaries
According to author and Christian speaker Sara Hagerty, the secret to contentment is a lot closer than you might think. In her book The Gift of Limitations: Finding Beauty in Your Boundaries, Hagerty makes the counter-intuitive argument that we discover true contentment when we stop trying to overcome our limitations and instead embrace them, even revel in them.
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