All are welcome at Astoria Christian Church!

Regular Activities

Sunday Morning

  • 9:00 am - Worship Service
  • 10:15 am - Community Time
  • 10:30 am - Sunday School

Wednesday Night

  • 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - Family Night (for all ages)

Everyone is invited to all of these events.

Content as Cats

Sometimes I just like to watch what’s happening around me and reflect on it. I’m sure I’m not alone. I know others who ‘people watch’ or ‘bird watch’ but I’m not just focused on people or animals. I like to look at the whole picture around me. I think we get a better understanding of our world when we simply watch and listen and observe.
And especially when we have a new experience or environment. For me, I’m learning all sorts of things about cats. Simply watching them helps me understand their behavior. Now, I had cats growing up, but they were barn cats, so I didn’t get to observe them regularly throughout the day. The cats I have now, however, give me a chance to see how they behave more of the time.
And what struck me this past week about my cats is how content they seem to be. My cats may be more docile than others because they let the kids tote them around like bags of flour, but I think most house cats are similar. And I started to wonder why they might appear so content to me. I thought about how their basic needs are met with consistent food and water, a safe environment and the availability of interaction (cat to cat and cat to human). And for a cat, maybe that’s enough.
But then I got to thinking about why I’m not content most of the time. I have all of my basic needs met, and even much more than I even need, but I don’t find contentment in my life all of the time. And that’s more than just worry and anxiety, but an actual longing for more in my life.
So, what makes me discontent in my life? Well, I think there’s a very good discontentment that we naturally have that we need to pay attention to, like discontentment with injustice or bad habits in our life. But what about financial contentment or relational contentment. Why do we always want more? I think part of it is the good discontentment leaks into the bad discontentment. But even more it’s about defining what we need. We know what’s out there. We know what we don’t have. And if we don’t define what we truly need, then we’ll always be searching for something more.
Paul writes to his protégé Timothy in 1 Timothy 6.6-8: “But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.” Paul defines contentment as food and clothing. I would say he is assuming our relationship with God and with others, but he keeps it pretty simple. So I pray we define what we truly need and, with God’s help, learn to be content with that. God bless.

218740 comments

speman sale - buy speman medication buy cheap generic fincar

https://truthgate.us/

Pills information sheet. Drug Class.
how to get generic phenergan without rx
Best trends of meds. Get information here.

https://truthgate.us/

Suzy Gaves from Harlingen was in search of example table content thesis
Aleta Stauble uncovered the response to an inquiry example table content thesis
thesis titles examples
how to write an architectural dissertation
dissertation honey rar

do my statistics homework
phd dissertation

coursework stanford edu loan mara 26bc7_3

Janeen Mayben from Huntington Beach was in search of cinema blend masters thesis
Odilia Dargin located the reply to a search question cinema blend masters thesis
graphics coursework example
layout einer dissertation
sample research design in thesis

[url=https://argumentativethesis.com/]write my papers[/url]
[url=https://writingpaperforme.com/]how to write a research papers[/url]
[url=https://payforanessaysonline.com/]essay typer[/url]
[url=https://ouressays.com/]college essays[/url]

[url=https://thetalkingthyroid.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=316760#p316760]thesis statement 1920s fashion[/url] 79286e0

Sibilla Mansanares from Wilmington was searching for topics for thesis in filipino
Clarey Schee located the reply to a search question topics for thesis in filipino
bartleby the scrivener thesis
mba thesis topics in information technology
warwick history dissertation deadline

coursework info
phd.proposal
essays writer

coursework cover letter 726bc1_

Magda Saltzman from Antioch was on the hunt for edexcel coursework deadlines 2010
Inger Schwenck stumbled upon the resolution to a research question edexcel coursework deadlines 2010
management master quality thesis
resume writing services in seattle wa

paper writing
bestdissertation
medical thesis writing service india
undergraduate dissertation

film noir thesis topics 32fcb9a

Daria Zilla from San Diego was in search of topics for dissertation in international marketing
Madella Rohrdanz located the reply to a search question topics for dissertation in international marketing
thesis abstract nursing education
term papers thesis
help with writing a poem that rhymes
science dance dissertation

help me do my homework
writers help
working thesis
best dissertation writing services

difference in dissertation and thesis b9ac726

Pages

Add new comment

Filtered HTML

  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.