LIVING AND LOVING MY MUNDANE LIFE

1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.

This is one of my favorite verses in the whole Bible.  Have you ever been around people who are NEVER content?  Their life is always a "Roller Coaster Ride." Euphoria one day over a new possession, a new adventure or a new experience, then the next day, as the newness wears off and the next adventure is not yet on the horizon, life is bleak and dull.  Can you believe some of these people actually embrace Christianity?  Yet somehow they have not learned how to find contentment in their love for God; which can only be found in complete surrender and trust.

Discussing this with Steve, this afternoon, I figured out why it doesn't take much to please me and it is definitely NOT in things...an evening of quiet togetherness a phone call from one of my kids, a hug from a grandchild, reading a good book...OK and a new pair of shoes. NOW FOR THE WHY... I was raised in a "MUNDANE" family where life was one big "RUT" and it was OK!!!  

My Dad and Mom didn't sit around trying to think up ways to entertain 6 kids...NOPE, life consisted of Dad going to work...every day, Mom cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, tending kids...every day and going to church...4 TIMES A WEEK!!!  A Saturday morning trip to North Town (a tiny strip mall), getting 3 new dresses for $10 at Sears, eating popcorn and fudge on a blanket in the living room or a 3 day game of Monopoly with my brother, Mike, those were REAL adventures.  With 5 siblings in a 1,100 sq. ft., one bath house, we may have found ourselves in a rut, but life was anything but mundane. If we complained about being bored, there was always something to clean or weeds to pull in the gravel driveway...We learned GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT as a SURVIVAL TECHNIQUE!!!

Parents, if you want to raise DISCONTENTED ADULTS, spend all your free time coming up with new forms of entertainment, race to make sure they have the latest gadget before all their friends and guarantee they will experience something new and exciting every week.

Never let them see a commercial without assuring them that you already have the item on order...you don't want them to feel neglected!

Make sure they get to experience everything their friends are doing...it doesn't matter if they stick with it or if it fits your lifestyle...you don't want them to feel left out.

Don't worry about making sure they are in church every service...that could be boring!

And PLEASE don't expect them to read a book, daydream or amuse themselves...they might actually enjoy the activity and that would make YOU feel unnecessary.

GODLINESS AND CONTENTMENT; put the two together and the Storms of Life won't blow you away, you will find sunshine in the Valley and the floods, while an inconvenience, will not overwhelm you.

A MUNDANE, BORING LIFE might just be the best thing that ever happened to you and your family and someday your kids may thank you.  I am a witness; a prime example of LIVING AND LOVING MY MUNDANE LIFE!!!