Contemplating Complaining
God tells us to serve enthusiastically in all we do as if we were serving God himself. Where does this leave room for complaining? What about taking for granted the fact that all reading this are a minimum of 95% richer than the rest of the world? Jobs seem mundane, household chores seem mundane, and therefore we justify complaints, whining, bad attitude and more as an acceptable response to these things. If you didn’t have a house to clean would you be able to find the blessings in your life from God still? I know many answer yes, but can’t understand the blessings they have now in abundance. How can we be blessed in spirit through all we do, if we don’t even consider simple “necessary” things a blessing? Women in the bible were your typical women as those who exist today, yet they praised God for the blessings they had, the chores they did, and served with a grateful heart. Most of us who are abundantly blessed have worked hard in life to afford the things we decided we needed or wan...