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.

217204 comments

Sildenafil online purchase
Where to order sildenafil

probalan buy online - purchase benemid without prescription carbamazepine brand

Да вы талантливый человек
а к примеру Дита фон Тиз плевать хотела на все условности с [url=https://pin-up-casino-games.top/]сайт pin up casino[/url] ежедневно.

cheap gabapentin tablets - cheap ibuprofen buy sulfasalazine cheap

Играй на лучших серверах Lineage 2 https://app.screencast.com/FjaPk5m968Rbi?tab=Details&conversation=0zw80dSWBsGNAa3kTNcNXE Наслаждайся классическим игровым процессом и борись за власть в мире интерлюда на серверах легендарной MMORPG Lineage 2.

Лучшие онлайн казино России 2024

Лучшие онлайн казино России

Instantly remove clothes or dresses from photos online with our free AI clothes remover one click to erase any clothing from any picture with high quality.

buy probenecid 500 mg pills - buy generic tegretol over the counter order tegretol for sale

Готовьтесь к захватывающему походу в этой завораживающей игре для устройств на базе Android! Исследуйте интересные миры, сражайтесь с враждебными врагами, разгадывайте задачи и достигайте новых вершин с помощью удобного управления. Погрузитесь в увлекательный сюжет и раскройте все секреты этой завораживающей игровой вселенной.

https://allpackkorea.com/main/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=240441
http://www.ft33.ru/federacia/10-newsfederacii/374-zaharov.html
http://legendawiw.ru/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=274170
https://topimpact.ch/hello-world/
http://www.clrobur.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=1839179
https://sakpot.com/funky-friday-roblox-autoplay-undetected-hack/
http://dbschool.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=12348
https://canadianairsoft.wiki:443/index.php/User:Arianne03V
http://fourtoons.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=680641
http://biogreentunisia.com/index.php/2014/10/24/drag-and-drop-page-builder-integration/

Хотите быть среди первых, тогда заходите на наши социальные сети:

https://www.pinterest.com/whitebac/mods-menuru/
https://ok.ru/group/70000006632560
https://vk.com/club226169585
https://t.me/s/mods_menu

Все игры ищите здесь:

Соревнуйтесь с товарищами или сотрудничайте с ними, чтобы достичь единой цели. Скачайте немедленно и начните свое необычное приключение!

https://www.steuerberater-vietz.de/ueber-uns/leistungen/kontaktbutton2/
https://daydream-believer.org/creamy-summer-fresh-corn-zucchini-chowder/
https://nicole-maier.org/musikalische-lesung-mit-nicole/
https://www.ozportal.tv/home.php?mod=space&uid=2553099&do=profile&from=s...
http://gscs.sch.ac.kr/free/114795
https://www.la-ferme-du-pourpray.fr/2018/02/27/bonjour-tout-le-monde/
http://www.mallangpeach.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=670733
http://www.open201.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=125252
https://www.studiobrancaccio.it/rinnovo-nomina-amministratore/gestione-3...
http://story119.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=75486

order benemid 500 mg online - buy generic probalan online order tegretol pills

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.