Contentment
February 26, 2021
I’m Miriam Neff-with STARTING OVER FINANCIALLY, and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan, and we’re here to talk about money
M With my counselor hat on, I consider the question: What emotion impacts our spending to a huge degree? Contentment. Contentment, or lack there of drives greed, theft, even impacts spending.
V The Apostle Paul describes this Philippians 4:12
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
Paul was highly educated as a Pharisee and a Roman citizen. Those credentials could have lead to wealth.
M He was content in prison, probably hungry and cold, yet content.