Complaints & Contemplations

To those idling,

I'm spoiled and I am lazy. 

I'm sitting at home alone for fall break wanting to write, feeling called to write, but alas I forgot my laptop charger and my computer is dead. I could hand write this but that's technology for barbarians! I could wait but I don't feel called to wait. I need to write and to write right now. 

But I'm stuck in limbo.

I'm tossed about a stormy sea. Write or not write that is the question. Use paper and pencil or type on my tiny iPhone? Sit here and complain or sit here and make a difference?

My friends and I were driving home a few days ago having deep theological counseling (like every college student does on a car ride) when Byron brought up the idea that when we complain it's basically telling God, "Hey! What are you doing up there? I could do way better!" Now this idea isn’t exactly Byron’s, but our pastor’s back home, but just the mere thought sent shivers down my spine?

Millions of children die of starvation each day. Thousands of Christians watch family members fall to the floor at the hands of persecution. Countless individuals live on less than $2 a day. What am I doing? Contemplating and complaining about if a pencil and paper or a tiny screen on a $200 mega phone is good enough for me?

How do you think God responds when we complain? How do you think He takes it when He gives us the whole world and we give it right back? How do you think He feels when He came and died for us and we whine about going 3 hours without our Coke’s or Twinkies?

How do you think He reacts when we tell Him that we can do a better job?

… I bet he laughs.

Yes laughs! Imagine God, the Author of Love, the omniscient Most High, the true Great Bambino, as he sits on his heavenly throne looking down on us with loving eyes, and seeing us, mere humans full of our daily mistakes, making plans and throwing temper tantrums when we don’t receive them. Imagine Him. Wouldn’t you laugh too? Wouldn’t you chuckle at our attempts to do your job?

I know I would.

Maybe instead of looking at what you don’t have with stinging tears of frustration, look at all that you have been given and laugh with hardy tears of appreciation.

Remember God ultimately knows our needs and ourselves far better than we do.

Don't be a back seat complainer

Merely,

Chris Gerac

“Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. ¹¹ Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? ¹² My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.” James 3:10-12, NIV