The Secret of being content...

We hear it all the time. Our parents said it about us, and we say it to our children. I hear it said by those around the neighborhood. I hear it spoken in all cultures and all languages, regardless of religion or ethnic group, regardless of nation or tribe, regardless of who or where you are... I WANT MY CHILDREN TO BE HAPPY...  or spoken in another way, IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY. When Paul says in his letter to the Philippians "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through HIM who gives me strength", I believe he was revealing a profound and eternal "secret" or truth to each of us. Who among us can say what Paul says, "I have learned to be content in every circumstance"? Through HIM... in HIM... with HIM... beneath HIM... the secret of being content now and forever.