Hello Friend!
I am going to challenge us both a bit today.
Do you have a lot of rules and expectations on how people should behave? Do you find yourself regularly disappointed in people and situations and complaining about it to the nearest person, even if you don’t know them? Are you a grumbler?
I will be honest with you: I hate when I am in that kind of space. I don’t like being around me and I wouldn’t enjoy being around you either! And really, who wants to be around someone who regularly complains?
One of the worst things you can say about me is that I complain too much. Of course, there are things here and there that might not go as planned and I might mention them, occasionally. But if you can honestly say to me “You complain more often than not,” well, that will crush me. I do not want to be that person. Please tell me I don’t do that. But, I need you to be honest with me too. So, please tell me the truth.
Complaining is ugly. And it can make the most beautiful person ugly.
I know I am a person who verbally processes and so the first thing I have a tendency to do is open my mouth, for good and for bad. But if I am not happy about a situation, grumbling and complaining to those around me cannot be my default. I have to find another way to process disappointment.
Once in a while I like to try to disguise my complaining as “making an observation” but is that just semantics? Probably. At best a complaining spirit is a bad habit. At worst, it’s a habit of my heart.
When I am unsatisfied with things I try to ask myself “Where is my heart today?” If I spend time each morning recalling the new mercies I have been granted by my gracious God I think it will become easier to grant grace and mercy to others!
Tell me, how do you process disappointment?
Love,
Liz
prayerpointsbyliz 
Hi Liz,
I’m catching up on the prayer points today. Being one who is normally on the “non”complaining side, but have 2 family members who are regular complainers, I’m really appreciating your words here.
As for your question, when I am feeling it and need to get out of feeling bad, I most always go to music, Christian music. Casting Crowns’ “Just Be Held” and Ryan Stevenson’s “Eye of the Storm” are 2 that really minister to me. Ryan’s song, I crank it up as loud as I can handle and sing at my loudest too. Music has always been my “go to”. My mother would say she knew what mood I was in by what songs I was playing on the piano – and how they were being played.😉
Lynette
Lynette Burton M 562-447-7676 *”What does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul*.” Deuteronomy 10:12 (ESV)
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 5:53 AM prayerpointsbyliz wrote:
> PrayerPoints by Liz posted: ” Hello Friend! I am going to challenge us > both a bit today. Do you have a lot of rules and expectations on how people > should behave? Do you find yourself regularly disappointed in people and > situations and complaining about it to the nearest pe” >
Hi Lynette! I am going to have to check out those songs! Music is also my “go to”! Thank you for your thoughts!! Blessings on your day! ~ Liz