What is the difference between comfort and contentment, and what does it mean for our faith? Comfort - a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint Content - a state of peaceful happiness Which of those would you prefer? A state of physical ease or of peaceful happiness? The first sounds great, until you give it some thought - physical ease. Peaceful happiness, as a bloke sounds a bit loose, kind of bath and candles territory, but ultimately isn't this what we are all after? Not baths with candles but happiness. I love the addition of peaceful to happiness, it gives the impression this happiness didn't come at another's expense, as oppose to stolen happiness, warlike happiness, hostile happiness or disturbed happiness. Yet maybe these are forms of happiness people choose in order to achieve both comfort and happiness. I don't believe comfort and contentment go together, they are two opposing forces. Comfort is about the physical, contentment is ab...
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