Enjoy that Brownie you got

The Lord LOVES to show me things through my children's actions and words.

The other day, my oldest daughter, Elisabeth, had just gotten her own brownie. Her brother, Aaron, had also gotten his brownie and had chowed down on it like a ravenous lion. Elisabeth, who eats very slowly, still had her brownie in her hand.

Aaron decided he wanted another one...so, of course, I gave it to him. When Elisabeth saw her brother get another portion, she immediately decided that she was not going to be outdone by her brother. I'm sure she was thinking something like: "How dare he get more than I do? It's not fair! I'd better get just as much as he does!"

So, Elisabeth reaches out with her free hand while her other hand is still plumb full of brownie and she shouts "Can I have another one, too?"

That picture of her holding that brownie in one hand while reaching out for more with her other just really struck me. Is that what I've been doing?

Have I been living my life with a handful of something wonderful, yet I'm reaching for more and more as if it's not enough!?

I have my ever-maturing husband and my five wonderful children, I have shelter over my head, I have food in my fridge and cupboards, I have clothes not only on my back but several more in my closet and drawers, I have hot and running water, I have light...I HAVE SO MUCH.

My hand is brimming over with wonderful blessings! But here I am: holding my one brownie without even enjoying it fully and reaching out for more and more and more.
So what do I need to do? I need to enjoy the "brownie" I already have!

The principle here is contentment. To be content means to be satisfied with, to be enough.
According to the Word, I should be super satisfied with what I already have!
1 Timothy 6:8 says that I should be content with just food and clothes. I've already listed much, much more than those two blessings!

Hebrews 13:5 says: "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

So how is it that I can be content? How is it that I can be thoroughly satisfied?

By remembering that the Lord will NEVER leave me nor forsake me!

In Him is my content. In Him is my satisfaction. He is MORE than enough for me.