Journey 2 Zendipity

In Content – feeling, or showing, satisfaction with one’s possessions, status, or situation.
Biblical description: satisfied to the point where you are not disturbed or disquieted. 

In Contempt – The attitude or feeling of a person towards a person or thing, that he considers worthless or despicable; scorn. 
Biblical description: worthy of despising.

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Yesterday morning during devotionals I came across a verse with the word “contempt” and the way it was written, made me read it multiple times. “..for the men treated the offering of the LORD with contempt…”.

I was so confused because my brain kept reading it “with content” instead of “with contempt”. Two words, with completely opposite meanings, separated by 2 letters.
When I read it for the 4th or 5th time I realized that the passage was not about the lack of offering but the attitude had while offering. It was all about the way they were doing it, the actions AND the feelings behind what they were doing.

I have not been able to stop thinking about this polarity.
Being “in content” vs “in contempt” is so damn close to each other, it’s like the flip of a coin. Separated by such a thin line if you think about it.
Oddly enough, when I tried to figure out what it meant the first thing that came to mind was my own life and how being content for too long, for me, has sometimes caused me to be contempt.

Anyways, I’m not sure why it’s been stuck on my mind but I had to get it down.

I did find the timing interesting though.
Today marks 5 years that I’ve been single, 7 years since the worst day of my life, and 16 years since I became a pregnant single mom. June 2 is a hell of a date for me but this year, I feel good despite the weird transitional life chapter. This transitional chapter where I’ve realized that I’ve been content for a long while but no longer feeling that way and trying to ensure I remain grateful while I strive and push for more. I guess the timing was perfect as I plan out what is next.

Who knows maybe I got this all wrong and writing in circles but there is something in this that I have to explore further. Content and Contempt. Can someone be content and contempt at the same time? Is being contempt the outcome of being too content? SO many questions, but for now, I need to get some sleep. I’m running in written circles lol writing circles? virtual circles? idk LOL I desperately need sleep.

I am sending you all so much love tonight ❤ Hopefully this helps someone or at least gets someone’s gears going and thanks for taking the time to read it. I appreciate you.

Have an amazing night everyone ❤ Sweetest Dreams.
I hope you have an extraordinary week 🙂

With love,
– K