Practicum: Home Improvement

by Laurence Windham

"Contentment with what you have transforms every home into a castle, every meal to a feast and every day into a holiday. You will hear birds singing, you will witness miracles daily and your cup will be full and running over. Discontent brings leanness in your soul. There is no recognition of God's grace in your life. Nothing satisfies for long. Go on a search and destroy mission in your life. Rid yourself of catalogs, magazines, TV programming, relationships, thought patterns, routines, etc. that enable this sin to be present in your life. The result will be instant wealth; in that you will be grateful for what you have, realizing that you don't really deserve even this. As a wise blueberry once learned, a grateful heart is a happy heart."

This is one of those gatekeeping responsibilities... sometimes, you have to open the gate—in order to throw things out of it!

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