#nocomplainweek My question is how do you go through discussing a negative situation that is life altering without being negative; i.e. so looks like I have to have my jaw wired shut but at least its fixable? Or is it to talk it out in prayer to Christ so that you can pour out your hurts to Christ and come away with at least peace so that others may see that result (pain, turn to Christ, peace...pain, turn to Christ, peace...)and thus improving your spirits and those around you by CHOOSING to openly speak about how God helped you with your negative complaints in place of a complaint taking the space of your conversations communication? it is time so much better spent, no? Does that make sense? So I sought to answer this question because I truly want to grow from this Christian no complain campaign and this is what I found: For me, when I was reading in my Bible Studies it said that we are called to have joy in the the midst of our sorrows...I think this is hands down the hardest thing I have ever done. Now I can praise God in my pain and cry through it and STILL see His unending goodness. I can pray for the Lord to bless those whove wounded me out of sheer obedience to Christ as my flesh is crucified as my soul still cries out for justice yet know that the most freeing knowledge is that if we focus on our obedience to Christ HE takes care of what the human side cannot...He completes the cycle of strength..through our weaknesses His strength is perfected...Like when we can only move so far He is our gracious finisher like helping us move forward in peace that surpasses all understanding and forgiveness and a multitude of other things God blesses us with anew every single morning. Yet Joy, this concept, blessing, experience of life...This JOY I struggle with and how does it tie into the no complain campaign. For my own personal studies I knew I was on to something and maybe this post is only to help me work through this but if it helps even ONE person then it is worth sharing my vulnerable heart concerning this subject matter...So...JOY... I know it is there as a fruit of the spirit and thus I need not get it because it is already a gift I have that just has yet to be tapped into but how do we EXPERIENCE joy? I say I can strive for all these forms of obedience to Gods word like respect and forgiveness etc because they help me grow in my walk but if I complain: I dont want my child to die...WHY god? I struggle in a very real and tangible way to find joy in my day to say mundane happenings even though I KNOW it is already provided. So why then if I can have gratitude and peace and things of the like why cant I find/experience the joy you gave me so I can bring glory to YOU? So, then, moving forward with my week of the no complain campaign and James 1:2 and 1 Corinthians 10:13 floating around in this maelstrom of mental notes and faith questions I read last nights reading guide and the very first sentence in my Bible outlining the passage Romans 5: 1-11 was: FAITH BRINGS JOY. It was SO BEAUTIFUL how it touched my spirit as I sincerely grappled with this concept last night...And I wanted to share because I found that THROUGH OUR FAITH IN CHRIST, our trust in Him we find our JOY and thus when you have joy there is simply no room to complain...But that is just my two cents on how this sermon has helped me this week so thank you for all that you do because it helped this mama who very much loves her family and loves Jesus and now knows how to not complain and instead replace it with JOY< In Christ, Jessica https://youtube/watch?v=fGF- Replace this first line of lyrics: We cant contain with: We cant complain #nocomplainweek
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 02:42:56 +0000
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