The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment...

I am part of a ladies' Bible study in our church, and we are working through the book entitled The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, by Jeremiah Burroughs. Reading this book has been both an exciting and painful process. Exciting because, for the first time, I'm viewing this "mystery of contentment" as an ornament worth striving for. Discouraging because I see how miserably I fall short. I want to both laugh and cry as I relate to Burroughs' description of those who make a business out of "murmering, repining, vexing and fretting." He contrasts the spirit of these people with the following description: "Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition." I expect that this will be a lifetime process for me to fully attain, but I am excited to begin...