A Life-Long Lesson

Without a strong hand at the helm, a ship drifts, and washes about in the sea, whether the sea is calm or rough. When there is this strong hand, the wind, though it be blowing almost directly against the ship, helps to push that ship forward. Essentially, contentment is to be independent. It is an internal independence of external circumstances. Of course, it is not an independence in our relationship to God, for we must learn in all of our life that we are DEPENDENT upon God. Without a...