Contentment: A Godly Woman's Adornment (Brownback)

This On-the-Go Devotional assures women that contentment is not some fleeting ideal but a reality that God enables them to live out daily.

Any woman who buys into the lie of "You can have it all" or who thinks she can only be happy "if…" experiences an abiding frustration: what she wants remains just out of reach, always. No matter how good she has it, no matter how good the good times may get, there's always something missing. And ultimately, she misses out on happiness too.

But God desires something far better and more lasting for his daughters. And he's delivered the secret in his Word, assuring women that real satisfaction is found in living for and longing for the right things. Those truths and promises are at the heart of this On-the-Go Devotional for women. Each lesson in Contentment is conveniently self-contained and comes complete with Scripture and a paragraph or two of teaching to direct women away from fleeting distractions and toward a true, enduring satisfaction. 

Table of Contents:

The Devotions

1. Living in the Valley
2. Could It Be Sin?
3. Today, Not Tomorrow or Yesterday
4. The Good Old Days
5. I Can’t...I won’t!
6.  My Share
7. At Any Cost?
8. Carvings and Camels
9. Contentment Is a Choice
10. There’s No Place Like Home
11. The Happy Face of Hannah
12. Rachel Repeats
13. It’s All in Your Mind
14. When the Thorns Pierce
15. Taking the Edge Off
16. A Woman’s Pearls
17. Triumph in Tragedy
18. Safe, Secure, and Totally Bored
19. What We Ask For
20. Dreams Come True
21. Settling Down
22. Lingering Looks
23. Made Ready for Anything
24. Let’s Not Kid Ourselves
25. Our Vital Need for Hope
26. Going Without
27. A Sinful Swap
28. Satisfaction Guaranteed
29. Filled to the Full
30. Hungry Hearts
31. Serving and Sitting
32. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Author 

Lydia Brownback (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the author of several books and a speaker at women’s conferences internationally. When time allows, Lydia blogs at lydiabrownback.com. She has served as director of editorial for Crossway’s Book Division; writer-in-residence for Reverend Alistair Begg; and broadcast media manager for Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, where she produced The Bible Study Hour radio program with James Montgomery Boice. Some of Lydia's books include the On-the-Go Devotional series as well as A Woman's Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything.

Endorsements

"Skillful devotionals for those who face the challenge to 'fit it all in.' Biblically rigorous and deeply perceptive. Godly insights from a godly sister." - Elyse Fitzpatrick, author of Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life

"A ready resource for keeping our thinking focused on God himself. The devotionals helped me understand my fear or discontent and our Heavenly Father's provision." - Barbara Hughes, author of Disciplines of a Godly Woman and, with her husband, Disciplines of a Godly Family

"Lydia Brownback calls Christian women to lift their eyes upward and find security, rest, and peace in a sovereign God whose promises never fail!" - Nancy Leigh DeMoss, author and Revive Our Hearts radio host