Bent On Contentment

 

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If I could choose my natural  bent 

I’d choose to be much more content 

 

Present in my very place

Aware of how it’s lined with grace

 

I would choose to not forget 

God has been faithful as of yet

 

And peace is the reality 

That most of life’s not up to me 

 

Instead of wishing I could know

I would choose to just let go 

 

Of wanting to see down the road

And wonder “Can I bear the load?”

 

I’d thank the Lord instead, for knowing

He’ll be there each place I’m going

 

I’d remember He loves best

And how because of that I’m blessed

 

I know contentment is not found

Upon a cloud that has floated down

 

But rather learned through thick and thin

In the moments we live in

 

I pray for grace to trust God’s plans

And live each day with open hands

 

Eyes fixed on Him, and not on me

That more contented I might be

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“Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.”  Philippians 4:11 (ESV)

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