I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.
While the kettle heats, your eyes might drift around the kitchen and land on the cracked tile, the cupboard door that never quite shuts, the window that looks onto a wall. A small ache rises for something better, and right behind it comes a quieter voice telling you that a real Christian wouldn't feel this.