{"id":302433,"date":"2012-01-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/facing-disappointment\/"},"modified":"2012-01-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:00:00","slug":"facing-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/facing-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has a recent disappointment burst your bubble?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2012-01-02.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"22.63M","filesize_raw":"23725799","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2822],"tags":[4902,4299],"podcast_series":[7848],"cwp_profile":[3527],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-302433","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growing-in-your-faith","tag-disappointment","tag-faith","podcast_series-the-secret-of-contentment","cwp_profile-william-barcley","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/302433\/facing-disappointment","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/302433\/facing-disappointment","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"e8FRBgy1Jt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/facing-disappointment\/\">Facing Disappointment<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/facing-disappointment\/embed\/#?secret=e8FRBgy1Jt\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Facing Disappointment&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"e8FRBgy1Jt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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whether in plenty or in want, in good times and bad.\u201d\u00a0 Paul says, \u201cI have learned the secret of being content.\u201d\u00a0 Twice in Philippians he uses the language of <em>learning<\/em> to be content.\u00a0 So, it\u2019s something that <em>must<\/em> be learned.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t come naturally.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, January 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Our host is the President of FamilyLife\u00ae Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine.\u00a0 How can we train ourselves to be content in whatever circumstance we find ourselves in?\u00a0 How do we teach that to our children?\u00a0 We\u2019ll talk about that today.\u00a0 Stay tuned.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Thanks for joining us on the Monday edition\u2014our first program in the New Year.\u00a0 Of course, I woke up this morning thinking about the interview we were going to be doing; and a Beatle\u2019s song came to mind.\u00a0 You know which one I\u2019m talking about; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t know your mind!\u00a0 I\u2019ve been working with you for more than 18 years, and I don\u2019t\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Let\u2019s see if you can pick it up here.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see\u2014it\u2019s from\u2014right here.\u00a0 See if you know what this is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Music]:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Listen,<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Do you want to know a secret?<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em><em>[do, dah, do]<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Do you want to know a secret?\u2014<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>See, right there?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Music]:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014do, dah,do\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Do you want to know a secret?<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Do you want to know a secret?\u00a0 The reason I am thinking that is because we\u2019re going to unpack a secret today; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The secret of contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 We have Bill Barcley with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 See, doesn\u2019t that fit perfectly?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Of course, it does.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you very much.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m really glad for your mind, Bob.\u00a0 I really am.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Bill, welcome to the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 He has written a book called <em>The Secret of Contentment<\/em>.\u00a0 Bill is a pastor in Charlotte, North Carolina\u2014Sovereign Grace Presbyterian Church.\u00a0 He and his wife Kristy have been married since 1989, and they have six children.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So do we, and you\u2019ve learned the art of contentment?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m on my way.\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You actually say this book was really\u2014well, at least some of the genesis of this book\u2014around a career opportunity that you didn\u2019t get?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Correct.\u00a0 Yes, a job that I wanted at one point in my life and did not get it.\u00a0 We ended up moving from that particular area and moved to a different part of the country, to a different job that had been offered to me.\u00a0 I really wrestled with contentment during that time.\u00a0 It was\u2014struggled spiritually, struggled emotionally, struggled with some depression, struggled with some anger, struggled with disappointment\u2014but really, at the heart of it all, was struggling with being content with God\u2019s plan.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, you really had your heart set on getting the job.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Didn\u2019t happen, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Didn\u2019t happen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014it plunged you into some dark days.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>It did.\u00a0 Although, I should say, my heart plunged me into those dark days, not that particular situation in life.\u00a0 I do no t think that our discontent is the result of our circumstances.\u00a0 The discontent is from our heart.\u00a0 Circumstances are the opportunity for our heart to show itself.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s what happened on that particular occasion.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Was it obvious to everybody at home that Dad was not happy when you didn\u2019t get the job?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 No one ever said that to me, but I think it probably was obvious.\u00a0 To our kids, I snapped a little more.\u00a0 I yelled a little more.\u00a0 I was impatient.\u00a0 I did show significant anger at times.\u00a0 I think it was fairly clear to everybody all around.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Let\u2019s be honest.\u00a0 It is a lot easier to exhibit Christian graces when the providence is in align with our own desires than it is to show those graces when God\u2019s providence is in a different direction than what we wanted.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s correct.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lot easier.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, the reality is when we go\u2014I mean, I heard you say circumstances don\u2019t really determine contentment or lack of contentment, but the circumstances we face are going to put our contentment quotient to the test; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 They do.\u00a0 They do <em>reveal <\/em>what is in our heart\u2014the level of our contentment and, really, the level of our sanctification.\u00a0 Am I in control of my life, or is <em>God<\/em> in control of my life?\u00a0 These difficult times, whatever it might be\u2014disappointing times\u2014are times when we really see how much we are in control of our lives and how much we fail to rest in God\u2019s providence\u2014God\u2019s sovereignty\u2014God\u2019s control over us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking, Bob, of an interview you and I did with Dr. Jerry Sittser, who lost his wife of 20 years, his mother, and his four-year-old daughter in a car wreck back in 1990.\u00a0 He made this statement.\u00a0 It\u2019s really in line with what you\u2019re talking about here.\u00a0 He said, \u201cI refuse to allow my circumstances to define me; rather, I had to decide how I was going to respond to this catastrophic loss.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s really what you\u2019re saying here.\u00a0 It\u2019s our heart\u2019s response to the circumstances that come our way that really should define us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Absolutely right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You said as you were dealing with this job you didn\u2019t get\u2014you had some anger toward God.\u00a0 You wrestled with your faith:\u00a0 \u201cIs God good?\u00a0 Is God there?\u201d\u00a0 I mean, how deep did that go?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I ever consciously expressed that; but I think, at a deeper level, there was a certain amount of anger with God that, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you provide this?\u00a0 Why is our family in disarray?\u201d\u2014you know, all the things that come with moving to a different part of the country and the emotions, the newness, and the adjustments that come along with that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I never expressed anger with God.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I ever really wrestled with my faith, but I didn\u2019t <em>rest<\/em> in God\u2019s sovereignty.\u00a0 I certainly was not <em>delighting<\/em> in God\u2019s sovereignty or His presence at that time.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I have a confession to make.\u00a0 Barbara and I, both, are high-expectation people.\u00a0 We approach life, just expecting a lot.\u00a0 In the midst of those high expectations, real life occurs that doesn\u2019t always meet up with the high expectations.\u00a0 That difference between real life and high expectations is called disappointment.\u00a0 What I want you to comment on here\u2014you\u2019re not saying that we shouldn\u2019t ever be disappointed\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014you are saying that, as we experience disappointment, we have to process it and, ultimately, give thanks in everything.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Of course, disappointment comes from a variety of different sources.\u00a0 Sometimes, we create our own disappointment by failing to meet our own expectations and failing to live up to certain responsibilities.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 No doubt.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 At the same time, disappointment comes in other ways as well\u2014as a result of what others do or sometimes where\u2014well, typically, then\u2014where God leads us.\u00a0 So, disappointment is going to come in life.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think Jesus faced a certain amount of disappointment, rejection, abandonment.\u00a0 Jesus, ultimately, though, entrusted Himself to God, \u201cYour will be done.\u201d\u00a0 So, I think that\u2019s what we\u2019re called to do in those difficult times\u2014we rest in God\u2019s sovereign control.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 In your period\u2014when you were going through your own wrestling with what had happened, and you\u2019re in a city you\u2019re not all that excited about, and a new job that wasn\u2019t the one you wanted\u2014did that last for weeks?\u00a0 Did that last for longer than weeks?\u00a0 How did you process through it?\u00a0 When did you come to a point where you said, \u201cYou know, I\u2019m not in a good place\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s a good question.\u00a0 I think I struggled for a good two to three years with that.\u00a0 I still\u2014though, I began to be more at home where we were and began to find contentment there.\u00a0 There was still some anger.\u00a0 To be honest with you\u2014certain people who, you know, may have been instrumental, in a human sense, of being\u2014of our not getting that position and moving to where we are\u2014I had to get over that kind of anger that I felt toward them.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt the same time, I began to process it, as you asked, Bob, by reading Scripture and really wrestling with this theme of contentment.\u00a0 I was in a church service once; and I heard the preacher preaching on the tenth commandment, \u201cDo not covet.\u201d\u00a0 Closely tied up to covetousness is discontent.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That was one of the points that he was making, and that really struck home with me.\u00a0 I said, \u201cI need to\u201d\u2014he made the exhortation, \u201cWe need to study contentment\u2014study contentment.\u201d\u00a0 So, I went from that service and began to study contentment, study\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, I bet your wife was nudging you while he was preaching that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 She wasn\u2019t, no.\u00a0 I think she may have been glancing over at me, but she didn\u2019t make it obvious.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Put a star by that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re bringing up a good point that you talk about in your book.\u00a0 We really aren\u2019t born being content.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, we have to be trained.\u00a0 We have to learn.\u00a0 We have to become a disciple, out of the Scriptures, and learn the truth about God, and about life, and about faith if we\u2019re going to learn the art of contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I want you to do is\u2014I want you to seat a young couple across the table from you right now.\u00a0 They\u2019re starting out their marriage.\u00a0 They\u2019re comparing what they have and what their parents have.\u00a0 They may be comparing what they have with their brothers and sisters and their standard of living.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey are going, \u201cMan, we\u2019re on the bottom rung of the ladder.\u00a0 We\u2019re bone poor.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got all this college debt,\u201d perhaps, or maybe even some credit card debt by maybe some poor choices made along the way.\u00a0 What would you begin to help them learn about the art of contentment so that they could truly practice it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I would, again, point them to God\u2019s Word and say, \u201cLook, Paul says in Philippians, Chapter 4,\u201d as you pointed out a few minutes ago, \u201cthat we need to <em>learn<\/em> contentment.\u201d\u00a0 Paul says, \u201cI have learned the secret in all circumstances in life, whether in plenty or in want, in good times and bad.\u201d\u00a0 Paul says, \u201cI have learned to be content,\u201d or I have <em>learned <\/em>the secret of being content.\u00a0 Twice in Philippians 4:11-13, he uses the language of <em>learning<\/em> to be content.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, it\u2019s something that <em>must<\/em> be learned.\u00a0 It <em>doesn\u2019t<\/em> come naturally.\u00a0 So, we need to study it.\u00a0 We need to pray about it.\u00a0 We need to study God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 We need to study resources of those who have wrestled in the past with contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I did in my time of struggle was to go back and, not only study Scripture and passages like Philippians, Chapter 4, but some of the great old classics\u2014Jeremiah Burroughs, <em>The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment<\/em>.\u00a0 Actually, I think it\u2019s amazing that Burroughs, writing almost 400 years ago, can talk about contentment as a <em>rare jewel<\/em>\u2014even in his day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, we think back, \u201cWell, in the old days, when life was simpler, wasn\u2019t contentment easier?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 People were happier then.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 People were, yes, happier.\u00a0 That is just not the case at all.\u00a0 So, there is great <em>wisdom<\/em> in some of these classic works.\u00a0 So, that would be more advice.\u00a0 If they are really struggling with happiness and contentment in their current situation, to go back and study some of these great works.\u00a0 Of course, my book, <em>The Secret of Contentment<\/em>, is really based on\u2014it\u2019s really Burroughs brought into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think one of the things we have to keep in mind\u2014and you mention Philippians, Chapter 4, and Paul\u2019s great statement, \u201cI\u2019ve learned the secret of being content.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhere was he when he wrote that statement?\u00a0 He was in a Roman prison; and if my research is accurate, that was not like we think of a modern-day jail cell.\u00a0 He was basically in a hole in the ground, with a grate over the top.\u00a0 That\u2019s where you lived.\u00a0 He says in one of his letters, \u201cBring me my coat because it\u2019s getting cold here.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, it\u2019s not\u2014food and provisions\u2014and here is Paul saying, \u201cI\u2019ve learned how to be content in this situation.\u00a0 It was not circumstantially-driven for the Apostle Paul; was it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 It was not.\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s absolutely right.\u00a0 Prisoners would be relying on others to bring them their food.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t serve meals in\u2014when you were in prison in Rome.\u00a0 It was not circumstantially-controlled.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes, that is the amazing thing.\u00a0 Paul\u2019s letter to the Philippians, of course\u2014this great letter of joy.\u00a0 Sixteen times in Philippians Paul either says, \u201cRejoice,\u201d or talks about joy\u2014his joy or encourages the Philippians to rejoice.\u00a0 Also, he can say, \u201cI have learned the secret of being content,\u201d while in prison.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 We read in 2 Corinthians about how many times he was stoned, and how many times he was tossed overboard, and how many times he was left for dead.\u00a0 You get a picture of his life and you go, \u201cThis guy has had a hard, hard life.\u201d\u00a0 He says, \u201cI\u2019ve got joy, and I\u2019ve learned the secret of being content.\u201d\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot we can learn just from saying, \u201cHe figured something out that a lot of us who are in much better circumstances could benefit from;\u201d right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I just want to read Philippians, Chapter 4, verses 10-13, because you\u2019ve referenced it a couple of times here.\u00a0 It\u2019s just worth reading and interacting around for a moment.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPaul writes, \u201cI rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me.\u00a0 You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.\u00a0 Not that I am speaking of being in need for I have learned in whatever situation, I am to be content.\u00a0 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJust a comment about that for a moment\u2014America has been through a recession.\u00a0 We <em>love<\/em> to abound.\u00a0 Abounding is easy.\u00a0 I mean, \u201cIt\u2019s our right as an American;\u201d but when America goes through a time where we\u2019re being brought low, I think it\u2019s testing our contentment quotient.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a human right to always abound.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me continue here, \u201cIn any and every circumstance,\u201d\u2014now that\u2019s an interesting statement right there.\u00a0 \u201cIn any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.\u00a0 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPerhaps, the secret to contentment is at the very end of that passage where it focuses on the God of the universe who, indeed, gives us the strength to face whatever circumstance we are facing.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 That is a great passage.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great verse.\u00a0 Christians love to quote that all the time.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Philippians\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cI can do all things through Him who strengthens me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014yes, Philippians 4:13.\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 What is often missed is the context of that verse that it\u2014Paul is\u2014now, of course, we can apply it to a variety of things, but Paul is using it in the context of contentment, which is an otherwise impossible virtue to attain without God\u2019s strengthening.\u00a0 He does focus our attention on God\u2014God\u2019s great power, God\u2019s great work.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, you\u2019re saying the secret of contentment begins with God and believing the right thing about God.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 One of the most quoted authors here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is A.W. Tozer.\u00a0 He made a statement.\u00a0 He said, \u201cThe most important thing about you is what you think about God.\u201d\u00a0 Don\u2019t you think that thinking rightly about who God is when it comes to circumstances we\u2019re facing is really the beginning point\u2014the genesis of how we ultimately find and learn the secret of being content?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 It is.\u00a0 It is.\u00a0 We need to see God for who He is in all His glory, all His power, in Scripture.\u00a0 That is absolutely our starting point.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bill, you said that the turning point for you came when you got the wake-up call in church\u2014hearing a message on covetousness and asking the question, \u201cAm I content?\u201d led you into studying what the Scriptures say and reading Jeremiah Burroughs and other writings.\u00a0 Was there a point as you progressed where you could tell, \u201cThis is having an impact.\u00a0 My circumstances haven\u2019t changed, but God is doing a work in my own soul\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t ever remember saying, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m content now.\u201d\u00a0 I still don\u2019t completely say that.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say that.\u00a0 There\u2019re\u2014I believe I have <em>grown <\/em>in contentment over the years since that time, but I certainly saw\u2014began to see a change in how I\u2014I think, treated my wife and children and how I approached my job.\u00a0 There was the delight and the joy\u2014came back into life.\u00a0 Joy came back into the worship and various aspects of life.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI don\u2019t know if I would say there was a time where I said, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m content,\u201d or, \u201cI\u2019m growing in contentment;\u201d but I definitely felt those changes coming about within me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019ve now attempted\u2014and underline the word \u201cattempted\u201d\u2014I\u2019ve now attempted to walk with Christ since 1969, and it has an upward trajectory.\u00a0 Alright; so, I have matured.\u00a0 I <em>know<\/em> I have matured.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 There have been some dips along the way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 No doubt and some downward cycles, undoubtedly, but I can say this.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say what Paul said.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to read what I can\u2019t say.\u00a0 Paul said, \u201cFor I have learned for whatever situation I am to be content.\u201d\u00a0 He had to learn that.\u00a0 That\u2019s a stout boast.\u00a0 I\u2019m with you.\u00a0 What you said, Bill, I can\u2019t say that I have learned that, but I\u2019m going to tell you something.\u00a0 I have learned that God can be trusted with what you\u2019re facing.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, instead of leaning into my feelings and getting ticked off, allowing my disappointment to sour and turn to anger and bitterness instantly, there\u2019s this little bumper that I bounce off of, where I may go out there for a moment.\u00a0 Then, I go, \u201cWait a second.\u00a0 Either God is in control, or He is not in control at all.\u00a0 Either I am going to trust Him that He knows what He\u2019s doing and what is coming into my life, or it\u2019s a random bunch of molecules,\u201d\u2014which drives me crazy.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, I may not be able to figure out all of what God is doing; but I\u2019m going to tell you something.\u00a0 To believe that this is a random group of molecules\u2014that everything that\u2019s happening to us is just random\u2014and there is no purpose, no meaning to life, and God isn\u2019t in charge\u2014I can\u2019t go there.\u00a0 Where I can go is\u2014I can go to a God who, in Scriptures, tells us, \u201cI am the Lord God.\u00a0 There is none like me.\u00a0 Will you trust Me?\u00a0 Will you worship Me?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBob, I think what has to happen in those moments when we face those difficult times and we fail the test of contentment, we need to go back to school.\u00a0 We need to learn.\u00a0 We need some coaches, and mentors, and professors.\u00a0 Bill has been a mentor, a professor at a seminary; and he\u2019s written a book that allows you to glean from his soul what he has learned about contentment.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, I love the picture on the cover of this book, too.\u00a0 It\u2019s a glass of water.\u00a0 I hesitate to even describe it because it\u2019s either half full or it is half empty; but that\u2019s the point; right?\u00a0 How do you view life?\u00a0 What is your perspective?\u00a0 Are you a contented person?\u00a0 Do you find yourselves content in whatever circumstance you are in?\u00a0 Have you learned that secret?\u00a0 The book helps coach us in that regard.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have copies of it in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center.\u00a0 Listeners are invited to go online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 Go to FamilyLifeToday.com or call 1-800-FL-TODAY; and we can send you a copy of the book, <em>The Secret of Contentment<\/em>, by William Barcley.\u00a0 Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s a relationship, really, between contentment and gratitude.\u00a0 Of course, Dennis, your wife Barbara has written a book for families called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>\u2014 stories that teaches us how to give thanks in all circumstances.\u00a0 That might be something that families will want to use here as we begin the New Year.\u00a0 You just read these stories aloud around the dinner table or for family devotions and talk about how we can cultivate an attitude, a spirit, of gratitude and contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you\u2019d like information about Barbara\u2019s book, <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>, find the info online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we are still waiting for the mail to come in here at FamilyLife as many of you know during the month of December we had a matching-gift opportunity, a very generous matching-gift opportunity.\u00a0 As we headed out back last week, the final numbers were not in.\u00a0 Mail had still not come in, and it still hasn\u2019t as of today.\u00a0 So, I don\u2019t know if we were able to meet that matching gift or not, but I do know that <em>many<\/em> of you were <em>very<\/em> generous.\u00a0 We just want to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d for your support.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you want to go online at FamilyLifeToday.com, we\u2019re 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<\/strong>Do you want to know a secret?\u00a0 The reason I am thinking that is because we\u2019re going to unpack a secret today; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The secret of contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 We have Bill Barcley with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 See, doesn\u2019t that fit perfectly?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Of course, it does.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you very much.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m really glad for your mind, Bob.\u00a0 I really am.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Bill, welcome to the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 He has written a book called <em>The Secret of Contentment<\/em>.\u00a0 Bill is a pastor in Charlotte, North Carolina\u2014Sovereign Grace Presbyterian Church.\u00a0 He and his wife Kristy have been married since 1989, and they have six children.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So do we, and you\u2019ve learned the art of contentment?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m on my way.\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You actually say this book was really\u2014well, at least some of the genesis of this book\u2014around a career opportunity that you didn\u2019t get?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Correct.\u00a0 Yes, a job that I wanted at one point in my life and did not get it.\u00a0 We ended up moving from that particular area and moved to a different part of the country, to a different job that had been offered to me.\u00a0 I really wrestled with contentment during that time.\u00a0 It was\u2014struggled spiritually, struggled emotionally, struggled with some depression, struggled with some anger, struggled with disappointment\u2014but really, at the heart of it all, was struggling with being content with God\u2019s plan.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, you really had your heart set on getting the job.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Didn\u2019t happen, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Didn\u2019t happen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014it plunged you into some dark days.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>It did.\u00a0 Although, I should say, my heart plunged me into those dark days, not that particular situation in life.\u00a0 I do no t think that our discontent is the result of our circumstances.\u00a0 The discontent is from our heart.\u00a0 Circumstances are the opportunity for our heart to show itself.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s what happened on that particular occasion.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Was it obvious to everybody at home that Dad was not happy when you didn\u2019t get the job?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 No one ever said that to me, but I think it probably was obvious.\u00a0 To our kids, I snapped a little more.\u00a0 I yelled a little more.\u00a0 I was impatient.\u00a0 I did show significant anger at times.\u00a0 I think it was fairly clear to everybody all around.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Let\u2019s be honest.\u00a0 It is a lot easier to exhibit Christian graces when the providence is in align with our own desires than it is to show those graces when God\u2019s providence is in a different direction than what we wanted.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s correct.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lot easier.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, the reality is when we go\u2014I mean, I heard you say circumstances don\u2019t really determine contentment or lack of contentment, but the circumstances we face are going to put our contentment quotient to the test; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 They do.\u00a0 They do <em>reveal <\/em>what is in our heart\u2014the level of our contentment and, really, the level of our sanctification.\u00a0 Am I in control of my life, or is <em>God<\/em> in control of my life?\u00a0 These difficult times, whatever it might be\u2014disappointing times\u2014are times when we really see how much we are in control of our lives and how much we fail to rest in God\u2019s providence\u2014God\u2019s sovereignty\u2014God\u2019s control over us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking, Bob, of an interview you and I did with Dr. Jerry Sittser, who lost his wife of 20 years, his mother, and his four-year-old daughter in a car wreck back in 1990.\u00a0 He made this statement.\u00a0 It\u2019s really in line with what you\u2019re talking about here.\u00a0 He said, \u201cI refuse to allow my circumstances to define me; rather, I had to decide how I was going to respond to this catastrophic loss.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s really what you\u2019re saying here.\u00a0 It\u2019s our heart\u2019s response to the circumstances that come our way that really should define us.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Absolutely right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You said as you were dealing with this job you didn\u2019t get\u2014you had some anger toward God.\u00a0 You wrestled with your faith:\u00a0 \u201cIs God good?\u00a0 Is God there?\u201d\u00a0 I mean, how deep did that go?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I ever consciously expressed that; but I think, at a deeper level, there was a certain amount of anger with God that, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you provide this?\u00a0 Why is our family in disarray?\u201d\u2014you know, all the things that come with moving to a different part of the country and the emotions, the newness, and the adjustments that come along with that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I never expressed anger with God.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I ever really wrestled with my faith, but I didn\u2019t <em>rest<\/em> in God\u2019s sovereignty.\u00a0 I certainly was not <em>delighting<\/em> in God\u2019s sovereignty or His presence at that time.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I have a confession to make.\u00a0 Barbara and I, both, are high-expectation people.\u00a0 We approach life, just expecting a lot.\u00a0 In the midst of those high expectations, real life occurs that doesn\u2019t always meet up with the high expectations.\u00a0 That difference between real life and high expectations is called disappointment.\u00a0 What I want you to comment on here\u2014you\u2019re not saying that we shouldn\u2019t ever be disappointed\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014you are saying that, as we experience disappointment, we have to process it and, ultimately, give thanks in everything.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Of course, disappointment comes from a variety of different sources.\u00a0 Sometimes, we create our own disappointment by failing to meet our own expectations and failing to live up to certain responsibilities.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 No doubt.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 At the same time, disappointment comes in other ways as well\u2014as a result of what others do or sometimes where\u2014well, typically, then\u2014where God leads us.\u00a0 So, disappointment is going to come in life.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think Jesus faced a certain amount of disappointment, rejection, abandonment.\u00a0 Jesus, ultimately, though, entrusted Himself to God, \u201cYour will be done.\u201d\u00a0 So, I think that\u2019s what we\u2019re called to do in those difficult times\u2014we rest in God\u2019s sovereign control.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 In your period\u2014when you were going through your own wrestling with what had happened, and you\u2019re in a city you\u2019re not all that excited about, and a new job that wasn\u2019t the one you wanted\u2014did that last for weeks?\u00a0 Did that last for longer than weeks?\u00a0 How did you process through it?\u00a0 When did you come to a point where you said, \u201cYou know, I\u2019m not in a good place\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s a good question.\u00a0 I think I struggled for a good two to three years with that.\u00a0 I still\u2014though, I began to be more at home where we were and began to find contentment there.\u00a0 There was still some anger.\u00a0 To be honest with you\u2014certain people who, you know, may have been instrumental, in a human sense, of being\u2014of our not getting that position and moving to where we are\u2014I had to get over that kind of anger that I felt toward them.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt the same time, I began to process it, as you asked, Bob, by reading Scripture and really wrestling with this theme of contentment.\u00a0 I was in a church service once; and I heard the preacher preaching on the tenth commandment, \u201cDo not covet.\u201d\u00a0 Closely tied up to covetousness is discontent.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That was one of the points that he was making, and that really struck home with me.\u00a0 I said, \u201cI need to\u201d\u2014he made the exhortation, \u201cWe need to study contentment\u2014study contentment.\u201d\u00a0 So, I went from that service and began to study contentment, study\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, I bet your wife was nudging you while he was preaching that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 She wasn\u2019t, no.\u00a0 I think she may have been glancing over at me, but she didn\u2019t make it obvious.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Put a star by that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re bringing up a good point that you talk about in your book.\u00a0 We really aren\u2019t born being content.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, we have to be trained.\u00a0 We have to learn.\u00a0 We have to become a disciple, out of the Scriptures, and learn the truth about God, and about life, and about faith if we\u2019re going to learn the art of contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I want you to do is\u2014I want you to seat a young couple across the table from you right now.\u00a0 They\u2019re starting out their marriage.\u00a0 They\u2019re comparing what they have and what their parents have.\u00a0 They may be comparing what they have with their brothers and sisters and their standard of living.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey are going, \u201cMan, we\u2019re on the bottom rung of the ladder.\u00a0 We\u2019re bone poor.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got all this college debt,\u201d perhaps, or maybe even some credit card debt by maybe some poor choices made along the way.\u00a0 What would you begin to help them learn about the art of contentment so that they could truly practice it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I would, again, point them to God\u2019s Word and say, \u201cLook, Paul says in Philippians, Chapter 4,\u201d as you pointed out a few minutes ago, \u201cthat we need to <em>learn<\/em> contentment.\u201d\u00a0 Paul says, \u201cI have learned the secret in all circumstances in life, whether in plenty or in want, in good times and bad.\u201d\u00a0 Paul says, \u201cI have learned to be content,\u201d or I have <em>learned <\/em>the secret of being content.\u00a0 Twice in Philippians 4:11-13, he uses the language of <em>learning<\/em> to be content.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, it\u2019s something that <em>must<\/em> be learned.\u00a0 It <em>doesn\u2019t<\/em> come naturally.\u00a0 So, we need to study it.\u00a0 We need to pray about it.\u00a0 We need to study God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 We need to study resources of those who have wrestled in the past with contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I did in my time of struggle was to go back and, not only study Scripture and passages like Philippians, Chapter 4, but some of the great old classics\u2014Jeremiah Burroughs, <em>The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment<\/em>.\u00a0 Actually, I think it\u2019s amazing that Burroughs, writing almost 400 years ago, can talk about contentment as a <em>rare jewel<\/em>\u2014even in his day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, we think back, \u201cWell, in the old days, when life was simpler, wasn\u2019t contentment easier?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 People were happier then.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 People were, yes, happier.\u00a0 That is just not the case at all.\u00a0 So, there is great <em>wisdom<\/em> in some of these classic works.\u00a0 So, that would be more advice.\u00a0 If they are really struggling with happiness and contentment in their current situation, to go back and study some of these great works.\u00a0 Of course, my book, <em>The Secret of Contentment<\/em>, is really based on\u2014it\u2019s really Burroughs brought into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think one of the things we have to keep in mind\u2014and you mention Philippians, Chapter 4, and Paul\u2019s great statement, \u201cI\u2019ve learned the secret of being content.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhere was he when he wrote that statement?\u00a0 He was in a Roman prison; and if my research is accurate, that was not like we think of a modern-day jail cell.\u00a0 He was basically in a hole in the ground, with a grate over the top.\u00a0 That\u2019s where you lived.\u00a0 He says in one of his letters, \u201cBring me my coat because it\u2019s getting cold here.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, it\u2019s not\u2014food and provisions\u2014and here is Paul saying, \u201cI\u2019ve learned how to be content in this situation.\u00a0 It was not circumstantially-driven for the Apostle Paul; was it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 It was not.\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s absolutely right.\u00a0 Prisoners would be relying on others to bring them their food.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t serve meals in\u2014when you were in prison in Rome.\u00a0 It was not circumstantially-controlled.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes, that is the amazing thing.\u00a0 Paul\u2019s letter to the Philippians, of course\u2014this great letter of joy.\u00a0 Sixteen times in Philippians Paul either says, \u201cRejoice,\u201d or talks about joy\u2014his joy or encourages the Philippians to rejoice.\u00a0 Also, he can say, \u201cI have learned the secret of being content,\u201d while in prison.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 We read in 2 Corinthians about how many times he was stoned, and how many times he was tossed overboard, and how many times he was left for dead.\u00a0 You get a picture of his life and you go, \u201cThis guy has had a hard, hard life.\u201d\u00a0 He says, \u201cI\u2019ve got joy, and I\u2019ve learned the secret of being content.\u201d\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot we can learn just from saying, \u201cHe figured something out that a lot of us who are in much better circumstances could benefit from;\u201d right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I just want to read Philippians, Chapter 4, verses 10-13, because you\u2019ve referenced it a couple of times here.\u00a0 It\u2019s just worth reading and interacting around for a moment.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPaul writes, \u201cI rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me.\u00a0 You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.\u00a0 Not that I am speaking of being in need for I have learned in whatever situation, I am to be content.\u00a0 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJust a comment about that for a moment\u2014America has been through a recession.\u00a0 We <em>love<\/em> to abound.\u00a0 Abounding is easy.\u00a0 I mean, \u201cIt\u2019s our right as an American;\u201d but when America goes through a time where we\u2019re being brought low, I think it\u2019s testing our contentment quotient.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a human right to always abound.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me continue here, \u201cIn any and every circumstance,\u201d\u2014now that\u2019s an interesting statement right there.\u00a0 \u201cIn any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.\u00a0 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPerhaps, the secret to contentment is at the very end of that passage where it focuses on the God of the universe who, indeed, gives us the strength to face whatever circumstance we are facing.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 That is a great passage.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great verse.\u00a0 Christians love to quote that all the time.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Philippians\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cI can do all things through Him who strengthens me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014yes, Philippians 4:13.\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 What is often missed is the context of that verse that it\u2014Paul is\u2014now, of course, we can apply it to a variety of things, but Paul is using it in the context of contentment, which is an otherwise impossible virtue to attain without God\u2019s strengthening.\u00a0 He does focus our attention on God\u2014God\u2019s great power, God\u2019s great work.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 So, you\u2019re saying the secret of contentment begins with God and believing the right thing about God.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 One of the most quoted authors here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is A.W. Tozer.\u00a0 He made a statement.\u00a0 He said, \u201cThe most important thing about you is what you think about God.\u201d\u00a0 Don\u2019t you think that thinking rightly about who God is when it comes to circumstances we\u2019re facing is really the beginning point\u2014the genesis of how we ultimately find and learn the secret of being content?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 It is.\u00a0 It is.\u00a0 We need to see God for who He is in all His glory, all His power, in Scripture.\u00a0 That is absolutely our starting point.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bill, you said that the turning point for you came when you got the wake-up call in church\u2014hearing a message on covetousness and asking the question, \u201cAm I content?\u201d led you into studying what the Scriptures say and reading Jeremiah Burroughs and other writings.\u00a0 Was there a point as you progressed where you could tell, \u201cThis is having an impact.\u00a0 My circumstances haven\u2019t changed, but God is doing a work in my own soul\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bill:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t ever remember saying, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m content now.\u201d\u00a0 I still don\u2019t completely say that.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say that.\u00a0 There\u2019re\u2014I believe I have <em>grown <\/em>in contentment over the years since that time, but I certainly saw\u2014began to see a change in how I\u2014I think, treated my wife and children and how I approached my job.\u00a0 There was the delight and the joy\u2014came back into life.\u00a0 Joy came back into the worship and various aspects of life.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI don\u2019t know if I would say there was a time where I said, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m content,\u201d or, \u201cI\u2019m growing in contentment;\u201d but I definitely felt those changes coming about within me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019ve now attempted\u2014and underline the word \u201cattempted\u201d\u2014I\u2019ve now attempted to walk with Christ since 1969, and it has an upward trajectory.\u00a0 Alright; so, I have matured.\u00a0 I <em>know<\/em> I have matured.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 There have been some dips along the way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 No doubt and some downward cycles, undoubtedly, but I can say this.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say what Paul said.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to read what I can\u2019t say.\u00a0 Paul said, \u201cFor I have learned for whatever situation I am to be content.\u201d\u00a0 He had to learn that.\u00a0 That\u2019s a stout boast.\u00a0 I\u2019m with you.\u00a0 What you said, Bill, I can\u2019t say that I have learned that, but I\u2019m going to tell you something.\u00a0 I have learned that God can be trusted with what you\u2019re facing.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, instead of leaning into my feelings and getting ticked off, allowing my disappointment to sour and turn to anger and bitterness instantly, there\u2019s this little bumper that I bounce off of, where I may go out there for a moment.\u00a0 Then, I go, \u201cWait a second.\u00a0 Either God is in control, or He is not in control at all.\u00a0 Either I am going to trust Him that He knows what He\u2019s doing and what is coming into my life, or it\u2019s a random bunch of molecules,\u201d\u2014which drives me crazy.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, I may not be able to figure out all of what God is doing; but I\u2019m going to tell you something.\u00a0 To believe that this is a random group of molecules\u2014that everything that\u2019s happening to us is just random\u2014and there is no purpose, no meaning to life, and God isn\u2019t in charge\u2014I can\u2019t go there.\u00a0 Where I can go is\u2014I can go to a God who, in Scriptures, tells us, \u201cI am the Lord God.\u00a0 There is none like me.\u00a0 Will you trust Me?\u00a0 Will you worship Me?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBob, I think what has to happen in those moments when we face those difficult times and we fail the test of contentment, we need to go back to school.\u00a0 We need to learn.\u00a0 We need some coaches, and mentors, and professors.\u00a0 Bill has been a mentor, a professor at a seminary; and he\u2019s written a book that allows you to glean from his soul what he has learned about contentment.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, I love the picture on the cover of this book, too.\u00a0 It\u2019s a glass of water.\u00a0 I hesitate to even describe it because it\u2019s either half full or it is half empty; but that\u2019s the point; right?\u00a0 How do you view life?\u00a0 What is your perspective?\u00a0 Are you a contented person?\u00a0 Do you find yourselves content in whatever circumstance you are in?\u00a0 Have you learned that secret?\u00a0 The book helps coach us in that regard.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have copies of it in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center.\u00a0 Listeners are invited to go online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 Go to FamilyLifeToday.com or call 1-800-FL-TODAY; and we can send you a copy of the book, <em>The Secret of Contentment<\/em>, by William Barcley.\u00a0 Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s a relationship, really, between contentment and gratitude.\u00a0 Of course, Dennis, your wife Barbara has written a book for families called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>\u2014 stories that teaches us how to give thanks in all circumstances.\u00a0 That might be something that families will want to use here as we begin the New Year.\u00a0 You just read these stories aloud around the dinner table or for family devotions and talk about how we can cultivate an attitude, a spirit, of gratitude and contentment.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you\u2019d like information about Barbara\u2019s book, <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>, find the info online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we are still waiting for the mail to come in here at FamilyLife as many of you know during the month of December we had a matching-gift opportunity, a very generous matching-gift opportunity.\u00a0 As we headed out back last week, the final numbers were not in.\u00a0 Mail had still not come in, and it still hasn\u2019t as of today.\u00a0 So, I don\u2019t know if we were able to meet that matching gift or not, but I do know that <em>many<\/em> of you were <em>very<\/em> generous.\u00a0 We just want to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d for your support.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you want to go online at FamilyLifeToday.com, we\u2019re going to keep you updated there with information about how we did with those matching funds and whether we were able to take full advantage of them.\u00a0 If you missed making a donation in support of the matching gift, just know that any donation you make, even here in the month of January helps us move this ministry forward.\u00a0 It helps us remain on the network of stations that we are on, all across the country.\u00a0 So, \u201cThanks,\u201d to those of you who gave last month.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you can make a gift today, we\u2019d love to hear from you.\u00a0 You can make a donation online at FamilyLifeToday.com or call to make a donation at 1-800-FL-TODAY.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBe sure to be back with us tomorrow when we\u2019re going to talk more about contentment and talk about grumbling.\u00a0 What do we do when we find ourselves grumbling or when we find our children grumbling?\u00a0 How do we address that?\u00a0 We\u2019ll talk about it tomorrow, and I hope you can be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team.\u00a0 On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today.\u00a0 Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a9<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Song: <em>Do you Know a Secret<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0Artist: The Beatles\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0Album: <em>Please Please Me<\/em> (C) 1963 Parlophone\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you.\u00a0 However, there is a cost to produce them for our website.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright \u00a9 2011 FamilyLife.\u00a0 All rights reserved.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/\">www.FamilyLife.com<\/a>\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t1\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","theme_header_position":"","post_header_is_sticky":"","is_header_overlay":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/302433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302433"},{"taxonomy":"podcast_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast_series?post=302433"},{"taxonomy":"cwp_profile","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cwp_profile?post=302433"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=302433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}