Let Me Be Content, God--Feb. 23, 2019

[From Feb. 19, 2011 archive; adapted from my Feb. 17, 2001 journal]

God, let me be content—

content and humble,

content and contrite in spirit,

trembling before your word.

God, let me be content—

content with what I have,

content to give ungrudgingly,

not calculating the cost.

God, let me be content—

so content that I am glad

in this day you have made,

in each new day you give me.

Lectionary Readings 

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111

Isa. 66:1-6

1 Tim. 6:1-21

Mark 12:35-44

Selected Verses 

Ps. 118:24

This is the day that the LORD has made;
            let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Isa. 66:2

 All these things my hand has made,
            and so all these things are mine,
                                    says the LORD.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
            to the humble and contrite in spirit,
            who trembles at my word.

1 Tim. 6:6-8

Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

Mark 12:43-44

Then [Jesus] called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.  For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”