I did say "almost"... it almost seems unfair... to be totally content all the time... but it's not... it is supposed to be the norm... the way that we were designed to live... to be satisfied... it's called contentment.... to be content all the time... with what we have and what we don't have... with what we do and what we don't do... with what happens and what doesn't happen... to be at peace with myself and with others... it is a place we can enter into ... a place that God calls "entering into His rest..."

This is not a doctrine... it is an experience... I'll never forget the first time I had that experience... it was June 24, 1968... I told God I was tired of running my own life... tired of the mess I had made of it... and told Him I was giving my life to Him... He could do whatever He wanted with it... and for the very first time in my life... I experienced peace....

Unfortunately... religion came along and told me what I had just experienced was the peace that passes all understanding... and now it was my job to give that peace to the rest of the world that was without Him.... the result was someone named Philip who cried peace... peace... but there was no peace... until 40 years later... when I finally entered into His rest... and once again had that peace... satisfaction... contentment... His design for us from the beginning....