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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL (don't write about the song) (04/02/15)
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“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.” Philippians 4:12

I know a single woman whose child has many medical problems and they just found a mysterious growth taking up most of her eight year olds abdomen, but she watches her kids working hard on their home school studies, prays, and at such times is content in the Lord.

I know another single woman who suffered a bitter divorce and lives alone in dire poverty, but she praises God often, turns on her favorite TV preacher, and at such times is content in the Lord.

I know a young adult who suffers from sometimes crippling depression and learning disabilities, but I watch her walk slowly to the altar for the Eucharist and at such times is content in the Lord.

I know another young adult who is sometimes paralyzed by her Obsessive Compulsion Disorder which makes her avoid certain chairs, graveyards, and satanic images in terror, but she mails her tithe to an anti abortion group and to elderly soviet Jewish charities and at such times is content in the Lord.

I know a woman who has endured two decades of a terrible arranged marriage, but inexplicably she has moments of God given peace and has found a great Bible study, and at some words of God is content in the Lord.

In the peace that transcends all understanding, we visit: we rest. In God’s peace we find contentment despite swirling worlds of difficulty and dilemmas. In the Lord we can be truly content.
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Toni Babcock 
04/12/15
All of these examples of contentedness in God serve as a wonderful testimony to the power of God to help us choose his will over our wants. Thanks for sharing.
C D Swanson 
04/13/15
Fantastically uplifting and encouraging entry...that no matter the issue, God gives strength to all those who believe.

Well done!

God bless~
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
04/14/15
You did a nice job of showing many examples where people have a difficult situation yet still are able to have a wonderful relationship with the Lord. This is an important reminder for everyone.

Recently in Ann's Grammar Basics on the message boards, she explained why phrases like eight-year-old daughter's abdomen, should have hyphens and an apostrophe. She gives great advice.
I also noticed you started almost every paragraph with the words I know. It may have been on purpose to play off the verse, but if not, I'd urge you to mix up your sentence structures some to give the reader hills and valleys. For example, you could do this: After suffering a bitter divorce, another woman lives alone in dire poverty.

I like the Bible verse you selected. It's a perfect match to your lovely message. You did a fine job of tackling the topic while deserving a message we all can relate to. If you don't know about the FW daily devotions, I'd urge you to check it out and maybe write and submit some devotions. You seem to have a nice knack for it.