
About this episode
We tend to believe contentment is always just around the corner. One change away. One upgrade away. One new season away. But what if that belief is the very thing stealing joy from our lives?
John Ortberg reflects on wisdom from C. S. Lewis and The Screwtape Letters, inviting us to rediscover God’s gift of rhythm: change and permanence held together. Seasons that repeat. Days that feel familiar. Moments we rush past without seeing the miracle inside them.
Contentment, it turns out, isn’t about getting a new life. It’s about seeing the same life with new eyes. Eyes of gratitude. Eyes of love.
What if today, right now, is more than enough?
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