“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky” Philippians 2:14-15
Is it just me, or aren’t we all habitual, natural born complainers? It has been in our genes, our sinful genes, since Adam and Eve were ushered straight out of Eden centuries ago. Our Triune God gives us everything that we truly need to exist; food, shelter, clothing and family. He takes care of us each and every day but we still find time to complain about something. When I was still gainfully employed, I could usually find something to complain about with my work. Children complain about their parents, husbands complain about their wives and wives about their husbands. People in the pews complain about their pastors and those politicians; you’ve heard and seen them and will surely agree that they complain about everything across the aisle. From our ancestors in the Old Testament to people living in the New Testament to today, man has always found something to complain about.
I recall ten years ago when my grandson was a baby, he wanted me to hold him, put him down, hold him, put him down, hold him and I wanted to shout at him “Miles, what do you want?” but of course all he heard me say was “blah, blah, blah.” Miles, Audrey and Cara are certainly not perfect always grandkids, my daughters were not perfect kids, I was not a perfect father and am not a perfect grandfather, but Our Heavenly Father loves us just the way we are. He does not always give us what we may want but rather gives us what we need.
The children in the attached photo are from Cap Haitian and they are getting their Trinity HOPE lunch. They don’t need pizza, chicken nuggets, corn on the cob or hamburgers; they need nutritious food. This meal will provide them with all the nutritional elements that their young bodies need; their teachers provide them with a message of Hope from their risen Savior and a Heavenly Father who loves them dearly and continues to provide for them. Stop complaining.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay