one lesson that i'm learning lately is about contentment. it's funny how the lesson pops up continuously and in different ways

last week's sermon was on 1 timothy 6... the first bullet point from that sermon was "We came and leave with nothing." 1timothy 7-10. the 3 subpoints were - contentment cannot stem from things, contentment means being able to say enough, and discontentment has its consequences...

i've been reading a chronological bible for devos... supposedly the passages are arranged in chronological order. so amazingly the day after the sermon on 1 timothy 6 i read job 1-3 for devos... supposedly job occurred sometime between noah and abraham... anyways, job 1 also talks about contentment. the key verse comes in Job 1:21 where Job falls to the ground in worship after losing all his riches and all his sons and daughters and says, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, may the name of the Lord be praised."

my favorite song on the radio right now is "Live Your Life" by TI and Rihanna.... on the album version before the song starts he says that we should be thankful for the life we got, stop thinking about what you dont have, and be thankful for what you got. my favorite part of the song goes like this.
Seems as though you lost sight of what's important with the positive.
And checks until your bank account, and you're about poverted.
Your values is a disarrayed, prioritizing horribly.
Unhappy with the riches cause you miss-poor morally.

i guess i was thinking about this as I was chopping onions yesterday... before DKC goes out to UGM they always pray together, and one thing they always pray about is their attitude.. job had the right attitude.. even though he had everything taken away, he was able to praise God....

while i was chopping onions, i was thinking mang.... it's really hard to have the right attitude while doing this.... my eyes were tearing up like crazy.. my arm was starting to get sore... my head was pounding from the loudness of a dozen knives simultaneously chopping like mad... my neck was hurting from standing and looking down... all i could think about was getting outta there and going to eat....

we went to eat at one of my favorite places.... mizu... i always leave there content... but then it's a fleeting contentment... i'll get hungry again of course.. i start to think about the massive amount of calories i need to burn... the moment of contentment is short.

the lesson i've been learning is to be content... but i guess i'm wondering.... how do you be content in all times?  how do you have the attitude that Job had?