Early one dreary, rainy morning I sat in my study and looked
out the window. I watched a fat robin pull three worms from the grass,
swallow them, and then fly up tp the telephone wire. There, just 10 feet
from me, he began to sing. For a halfhour I sat and enjoyed the robin's
rendition of "Praise the Lord!"
The robin did not complain about the color or size of the worms, but
he was satisfied with what he found. He was content. He was delighted
with what the heavenly Father had provided.
A young girl whose father was a chronic grumbler said to her mother,
"I know what everybody in this family likes. Johnny likes hamburgers,
Janie likes ice cream, Willie likes bananas, and Mommy likes chicken."
The father, irked because he had not been included in the list, asked,
"What about me? What do I like?" The innocent little one replied, "You
like everything we haven't got."
Paul could say, "I have learned in whatever state I am, to be
content" (Phil. 4:11). In Hebrews 13:5 we read, "Be content
with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, 'I will never
leave you nor forsake you.'" That's enough to satisfy anyone! --M.
R. De Haan
