Complaining

[Soldier4Christ]

Here is a devotion that I wrote for a newletter during Desert Storm that sort of coincides with this subject.


Phi 4:11  Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

The Secret

I've figured out the secret to being happy as a Sailor. And we know, at times, being happy as a Sailor can be a challenge. The secret to being happy is being content and the secret to being content is perspective. One of the reasons I could be content in Bahrain in 129-degree heat is by reminding myself that I wasn't standing watch on a ship as lookout in Alaska freezing my buns off in one of those Alaskan cold fronts. It could always be worse.

We could be much worse off, we could be with out Jesus as our Saviour looking towards a much hotter time. Be content in the Lord.

[airIam2worship]

Amen PR, we should all be content where we are. I keep reminding myself that the physical is temporal, but the spiritual is eternal. I have a Helper who helps me when things are not going the way I expected. He reminds me that God can do more than we are able to imagine.

 2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

 Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. But we can be certain that if we belong to Him, He will always be with us and see us through.

Ps 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

[Soldier4Christ]

Amen sister.

[Shammu]

AMEN Pastor Roger, and sister Maria.

[Chaplain Bob]

There is more than one way to understand "complaining".  I believe the Bible addresses what we would call "whining".  But to complain about something is not necessarily wrong.  For example, if you attend a movie and the sound is too loud and you choose to "complain" to the staff that is not wrong.  Or if you return a carton of milk to the store and "complain" to the manager that it is sour that is not wrong.

"Whining" however is usually the result of our being annoyed or dissatisfied about something that affects us or does not meet our expectations and, as believers, we are, or should be, better equipped to handle those occasions.  How we respond to a "whining" situation could be an excellent opportunity for being a good witness.

[Supercryptid]

Let me lay it out on the table. The main reason I made this thread is because of certain video games. My brother and I like the Sonic the Hedgehog series and the Mega Man X series. However, Sega and Capcom (the companies that made them) have been taking these games in a direction which we do not like. There are new characters that we do not like. The general feel of the games is not what we like. So we tend to complain to one-another about how these games are failing to live up to what the olden years have brought us. Is that wrong?

[Chaplain Bob]

I don't think that's wrong at all.  In fact I encourage you to complain to the company that manufactures them.  God bless.

[Supercryptid]

The game that I have the biggest problem with is "Shadow the Hedgehog". In the past, Sonic the Hedgehog games have been relatively innocent. There has been no cursing and no blood. However, Shadow the Hedgehog completely changed that. Although I haven't played the game personally, one reviewer said that Shadow curses "every 5 seconds". You can see why I'm disgruntled.