May 18 - different from the rest

Do you want to be different than the rest?

My bible study group just finished a study of Daniel by Beth Moore. This is a wonderful study and I would recommend it to everyone. In the last session Beth stated, “Do you want to be different from the rest? Don’t Complain!” She based this from Philippians 2:14-16 “Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.”

This passage has been presented to me a couple times this year. It was the theme passage from TEC and now it appeared again. I think that I need to get the message. I need to do everything without complaining or arguing. I worked at this today. It is hard. In our crooked and depraved society, it has become the norm to complain or argue. Think about it… the media focuses on the negative – the economy, bad weather, crime, politics and every celebrity that gets in trouble with the law. The media is really complaining about the negative. What about the praise for the positive? What about the good that comes from every negative situation?

I am challenging myself to look for the positive in every situation. I am working on holding my tongue, until my comments can shine like the stars in the universe.


Blessings
Robin