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"We often think contentment is something that happens to us, rather than something that we take pains to learn. We assume that if we are not naturally disposed to be that way, then it’s fine to have a fiery temper or a sharp tongue. We make excuses for our behavior. After all, we tell ourselves, our parents had anger issues. So we accept the fact that we will have them too. And it’s easier to just go with our natural impulses and get 'stressed out' by all the drama in our lives. But this is false: Each of us can learn contentment, and each of us should learn contentment. It is an important part of our Christian life. It is not optional.
This requires work. We are going to have to give ourselves to our lessons and study contentment. We have to pay attention. Otherwise, there’s not much hope of gaining contentment. We can learn it, but not without spiritual and mental attentiveness. Even the apostle Paul said he learned contentment, so there’s no reason to suppose that we can get it without any learning."
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