After reading document a friend sent me and then finishing off the first part of Philip Yancey’s book called PRAYER, I wanted to share something with you all.
He is talking about the way females just go on about different things, moaning about the weather, the long walks that they were taking (in the scenario in the book) and so on… ritual lamenting. However, then he references it to the bible… now hear me out guys…
“Jeremiah whined, complained and filled an entire book with lamentations. Job, who gave the most irreverent speeches in the Bible, emerges as the hero in the end, the spiritual director for his censured friends… From the Bible’s prayers I learn that God wants us to keep it in the alliance, to come in person with out complaints. If I march through life pretending to smile while inside I bleed, I dishonour the relationship.”
Right, well ok, next question, why is it so hard to do this? Why do we struggle to bring our complaints to God? Or well I guess some people do that very well, and I can do that rather well on occasion as well, however, this evening I had washing up time. We wash up once a week and a bit on the weekends at the house I stay in, and tonight it was my day. There was a lot to do, and I mean a lot… The father of the house said to me, (can’t remember his exact words) ‘oh just tell God to come and sort things through with you, you are gonna be here a while.’ And I joined in and said ‘yeah, I am not going anywhere for about an hr and an half…’ but I found it really hard to even start, no I couldn’t. I couldn’t even just talk.
… also today was prayer morning, and I was praying by myself and someone came and sat next to me and then started to pray out loud. Everyone else was praying around someone… and I thought that I would just stay where I was in my seat and pray for which ever one I wanted to. I prayed once out loud with the person next to me, but I felt really weird. It was really strange and frustrating. I felt really uncomfortable… I just don’t get it…
oh well back to the book…
Take care,
Alex
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Why is it hard to complain to God? I think it may be because we fear God. We know God is perfect and loving and yet so high above us, and so we dare not express to Him that our way is better than His (because that, I suppose is what complaining really is). On the other hand, as you mentioned, there is a psalm where David says to God, "Wake up!" Now if there's anything that would be offending to a God that is so big and so loving as our God, it would be to accuse Him of sleeping.
Perhaps God dislikes dishonesty (pretending like everything's fine) more than a genuine, accusing voice?
Just my thoughts...
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