With Contentment (2)

Reprinted from When Thou Sittest In Thine House, by Abraham Kuyper, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1929. Used by permission of Eerdmans Publishing Co. (The first part of this chapter on contentment appeared in the June 2007 issue, p. 399.) Godliness with satisfaction is great gain," wrote the apostle to Timothy (1, 6:6, Dutch version). Notice carefully the word "satisfaction." Even as the Dutch word for "taking satisfaction in a thing," it has the meaning in it of the...