To Be or Not To Be...Content

The Unknown groans with highs and lows...it is up to each one of us to choose whether we will be content in whatever state we are! Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: Do not fear what you are about to suffer...Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. The birds can be so happy one minute then... ...along comes this troublesome trial to a bird's life! and all is a flurry of feathers as they flee to the safety of bushes When trouble comes we can choose to be a frantic flurry of feathersor Be still and know that He (God) is (still) God. Ps.46:10 To be or not to be, (regardless of lessons God grants)Content to house To not be tossed about by winds of change and circumstanceThat foster fear and doubt; not peace this world knows nothing of To be or not to be, (in spite of fresh, popular trends)Convinced of what is right Not being double-minded, to please beloved peers and friendsBut by God’s commands guided to humbly trust and obey To be or not to be (because faith’s prize comes with a price)Wary of logic that seems wise but its way leads to deathTo trust the Lord with all our heart, not Reason’s ready viceTo do our willing part to serve Him with each gifted breath To be or not to be (no matter what the cost demands)Content, for God grants liberally according to His willTo prove faith, whether built on solid rock or sinking sandsTo believe He who pardons guilt and bids the storm be still To be or not to be (whatever tests both smile and frown)Content, without controversy, because God’s Word is trueTo all who love His appearing He has reserved a crownTo let this be faith’s cheering quest is the best we can do The Unknown groans with highs and lows and everyone must chooseEither the comfort God bestows, or this world's cheerless chaseThus, till this little life is spent we accept or refuseTo be, or not to be content in the peace of God's grace Janet Martin