Would I sound to much like a rapper if I said, "I know it's been awhile, but I'm back again?" Well it's true. I've been going through a season of laziness lately, but with some fasting God has gotten me through it. I have had time to think clearly again, and I missed that. What I feel led to share today is the question: why should I complain?
Here's is a little rebuke for us complainers first...we complain about our "stupid phones," our slow internet, our less than brand new cars, our caff food, our wallet, our lack of time, our homework, and how little sleep we are able to get. I feel stupid when I complain about those things because: my internet and phone can be one in the same, my car runs fine we are lucky to even have food, 12 meals a week if you choose, most of the world lives on $2 a day, Call of Duty..., homework at Ozark is a blessing to you and your future ministries, and we can sleep without the fear of being kidnapped in the night and conscripted into the children's military. We flush water down the toilet that some people would be lucky to find (that clean) anywhere within several miles. The thing is, we've heard it all before. At Ozark we already have all the answers; it's old hat. We have some real problems, of course, but I hope you won't ever consider the ones above to be so problematic.
One thing I hate more than everything above combined is complaining about the church. That's my mom you're talking about, after all. I'll even give away the best part: the best complainers are the worst doers. The more they complain, the less they do. Irony. I've heard some slanderous things about the church in my short life with it. Christ died for that church...that's the very thing he loves the most. He wants everyone to be a part of it, and for it to be united under the cross. Jesus thinks way too highly of the church for its own members to tear it up. Sure it has problems, I mean DUH, there are people in it...but let those with solutions straighten them out. It is a good thing to discuss what can be done better, and great to have solutions, but when pride is the source of your complaints or solutions....trouble.
If you have a problem with complaining keep your mouth shut, listen, and pray for release from it. Complaining is just another side-effect of pride, which we all suffer from. Just remember Philippians 2:14-15 " 14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe."
As always, I will struggle with you in this sin. But I respect my mother, and I ask you to do the same! Pray for guidance, humility, and a discerning heart. I love ya all, thanks for reading.
