"God i need a new laptop". I murmured again for the tenth time that day. I was so sad, I have been complaining about how slow my laptop was.  I just couldn't wait to discard it and
get a new one as soon as possible but i didn't have the money for that.  I believe God always listens to me so he is always the first person I talk to when i have an issue.  I didn't believe this "crappy laptop" like I always called it could be of any good.  It hit me at that moment 'how about being grateful for what you have'.  Contentment!  That seems to be a word missing from my dictionary at that time . I immediately confessed my sins of lack of contentment and thanked God for the beautiful things he has been doing for me.


I calmed down and looked for ways to format the laptop and right  now it is meeting my needs not my wants.  This is how our life is,  we pray for something, work hard to get it but instead of us to cherish that which we have at the moment we are full of criticisms. At least all i need is a faster one when someone is praying for just any one! At least i am not in the hospital! At least i have a family and friends that love me like  crazy! At least an someone's number 1! At least i have readers who visit my blog everyday, and also leave comments!  I have a lot to be grateful for so why should i be so worked up because of one laptop. Why should it steal my joy each time i wish  it was better.  For some of us we have been hoping and praying that we one day get a job, now you have a job and you hate it so much and do not put in your best. For some of us we prayed for marriage and we waited patiently but now you are married you are wishing you were with someone else.  What other people have seems to be what we want and  other people want what we have.  We then have a circle of ungrateful people wishing for what they do not have neglecting what is right in front of them.


Most times we are blessed with great gifts and qualities but it takes a heart that is contented and grateful to see them.  Worst of it all is that we always wish we had the very thing every other person has except what you really have. Material things of life are momentary,they change they are not stable so why should they control your happiness. Some of us worry so much about what we do not have that we fail to improve on the things we have presently.


I have had times when i hated my self. Hated my hair most especially. I didn't ever want anybody to ever take a look at it so i always made sure i had weaves installed always.  Any time i pass  by a mirror i insult myself and didn't see any good that it could become.  I learnt lessons about how appreciating and being content with what you have will make you get more through my dear friends Grace  and Kingsley who kept encouraging me.  They kept telling me how life is about being contented with what you have and it will certainly improve. (My hair as a case study)  This is the result friends.

Began in October 2014

February 2015

Can we just stop wishing for who we are not?  Can we just be happy  where we are and just hope that things will get better? Can we just give our best to our relationships hoping it will get better?  Can we just give our best to our jobs even though we wish we had a better one? Be determined to be contented this week. Have a blessed week.

ANCHOR SCRIPTURE : Matthew 5:5 MSG
“You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.

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