Tag Archives: contentment

We still have a choice

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Jonna Hawker Turek

If I truly believe that God is a loving God who hears and answers prayer, that He wants what is eternally best for me, and that everything He allows in my life is for my good and His glory, how can I be discontented?  Continue reading →

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There is always a choice

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Jonna Hawker Turek

Let’s choose to find the joy in this season. Joy and gratitude for God’s great gift of love that does not depend upon traditions or circumstances. Continue reading →

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Patience is a virtue, Contentment is a choice

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Jonna Hawker Turek

This crazy episode in all our lives as we practice social distancing and sheltering in place calls for oodles of patience. Unfortunately, patience, that blessed fruit of the Spirit, has fallen out of fashion. In this country we’ve come to … Continue reading →

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A Season of discontent, or a lifestyle?

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Jonna Hawker Turek

During my prayer walk one morning, after a particularly whiny session of pleading with the Lord, I was inspired to ask forgiveness for my discontentment. I was reminded of the Apostle Paul’s words in Philippians 4, that he had found “the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for single moms on Mothers Day

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Jonna Hawker Turek

Like all too many women, through divorce or  marriage to men who were uninvolved fathers, I’ve raised my children mostly on my own.  Children raised without the opportunity to see their father cherish their mom sometimes don’t know how to observe Mother’s Day. … Continue reading →

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