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("http://www.gracegems.org/Watson/Sermons.htm" Thomas Watson, "The Art of Divine Contentment")

"I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances
I am. I know both how to have a little, and I know how
to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned
the secret of being content — whether well-fed or hungry,
whether in abundance or in need." Philippians 4:11-12 

Whatever affliction or trouble a child of God meets with — 
it is all the hell he shall ever have! Whatever eclipse may 
be upon his name or estate — it is but a little cloud which 
will soon be blown over — and then his hell is past!

Death begins a wicked man's hell.
Death ends a godly man's hell.

Think with yourself, "What is my affliction? It is but a 
temporary hell. Indeed, if all my hell is here on earth
— it is but an easy hell. What is the cup of affliction
 — compared to the cup of damnation!"

Lazarus could not get a crumb; he was so diseased that 
the dogs took pity on him; and as if they had been his 
physicians, licked his sores. But this was an easy hell
 — the angels quickly fetched him out of it!

If all our hell is in this life — and in the midst of this 
hell, we have the love of God — then it is no more hell,
but paradise! If all our hell is here on earth, we may 
see to the end of it; it is but skin-deep, it cannot 
touch the soul. It is a short-lived hell. After a dreary 
night of affliction, comes the bright morning of glory! 

Since our lives are short — our trials cannot be long!

As our riches take wings and fly away — so do our sufferings! 

Let us learn then, to be content, whatever our circumstances.