Purity Topic of the Month: Contentment

Many of us girls today wish we were prettier, taller, shorter, lighter skinned, darker skinned, and on and on. We often struggle with who we are and compare ourselves too often to others. God gave each one of us our own special gifts and purpose in this world. What we all need to is listen when He calls us or nudges us to use those gifts in a way that He would want us to. This poem below beautifully illustrates what many of us struggle to remember...

Discontent

by Sarah Orne Jewett

Down in a field, one day in June,

The flowers all bloomed together,

Save one, who tried to hide herself,

And drooped, that pleasant weather.

A robin who had flown too high,

And felt a little lazy,

Was resting near a buttercup

Who wished she were a daisy.

For daisies grow so trig and tall;

She always had a passion

For wearing frills about her neck

In just the daisies' fashion.

And buttercups must always be

The same old tiresome color,

While daisies dress in gold and white,

Although their gold is duller.

"Dear robin," said this sad young flower,

"Perhaps you'd not mind trying

To find a nice white frill for me,

Some day, when you are flying?"

"You silly thing!" the robin said;

"I think you must be crazy!

I'd rather be my honest self

Than any made-up daisy.

"You're nicer in your own bright gown,

The little children love you;

Be the best buttercup you can,

And think no flower above you.

"Though swallows leave me out of sight,

We'd better keep our places;

Perhaps the world would all go wrong

With one too many daisies.

"Look bravely up into the sky,

And be content with knowing

That God wished for a buttercup

Just here, where you are growing.