Good Morning Friends,
Life doesn’t always go the way I would like
for it to. Circumstances turn out differently
than I plan. People treat me unfairly,
at least from my perspective they do.
Sometimes, even my own body turns against me and brings pain and
weakness.
I feel like complaining. I feel like letting someone know how unfair
life is being to me. I need to get what
I’m feeling off my chest. But to whom
should I complain? If I complain to
those closest to me it can create more problems. In fact, the Bible says not to complain at
all: “Do everything without complaining
or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without
fault in a crooked and depraved generation.” (Philippians 2:14-15)
But there is one place where I can take my
complaints. There is Someone who will
listen, understand, not be offended, and help me work through what I’m
feeling. It was to Him that David took
his complaints: “I pour out my complaint
before him; before him I tell my trouble.” (Psalm 142:2)
Life wasn’t fair for David at the time he
wrote this. He was hiding from King Saul
in a cave. Saul was pursuing David,
trying to find him and kill him, to get rid of a rival for the throne. It wasn’t right. David had done nothing to try to take the
throne from Saul. It wasn’t fair. It certainly wasn’t what David planned.
And David told that to God. He brought his complaints to Him. You can too!
He’ll listen, understand, not be offended, and help you work through
what you’re feeling.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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