Shelter from the elements,
clothing that is warm enough,
food that satisfies,
a healthy body
and people to share love with.
This, I think, is contentment;
though you would hardly know it existed
given the obscene salaries of CEOs,
the hugeness of mortgages,
the bleatings of mining companies
and the rampant desire of the wealthy
to minimise and avoid taxes. Never enough!
Contentment :is the place of divine security
from which the kingdom’s servant
laughs at other imagined needs,
land looks beyond to the real demands
of justice, peace and love.
God has supplied all that is needed;
who could desire anything else.
But there remains work to be done
for the sake of faithfulness,
much to be achieved
in the name of discipleship and love.
The kingdom has brought its own priorities;
it weeps and yearns and aches,
and will never cease
until each human life,
valued with the same loving wonder
that flows from the creator’s heart,
has been set free.Ken Rookes
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