contentment

"Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can't take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content." -1 Timothy 6:6-8

con⋅tent⋅ment

  [kuhn-tent-muhnt] –noun

1.	the state of being contented; satisfaction; ease of mind.

2.	Archaic. the act of making contentedly satisfied.

Why is it so difficult to be content sometimes? Am I currently content? Does contentment equal being thankful or do they just go hand-in-hand?

Bible Dictionary

Contentment

a state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1 Tim. 6:6; 2 Cor. 9:8). It is opposed to envy (James 3:16), avarice (Heb. 13:5), ambition (Prov. 13:10), anxiety (Matt. 6:25, 34), and repining (1 Cor. 10:10). It arises from the inward disposition, and is the offspring of humility, and of an intelligent consideration of the rectitude and benignity of divine providence (Ps. 96:1, 2; 145), the greatness of the divine promises (2 Pet. 1:4), and our own unworthiness (Gen. 32:10); as well as from the view the gospel opens up to us of rest and peace hereafter (Rom. 5:2).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary