How many times do we say that to our children..? Probably too many. The other night as we sat down for family devotions, we read from my son's favorite Bible, The Action Biblehttp://theactionbible.com/, a cartoon style Bible, we read about the Israelites in the desert and how they whined and complained about everything, water, food, fear of the giants in the land. Still time and time again God provided for them and protected them, but yet the Israelites did not turn from their sin and stopped their whining and trust in God. My husband pointed something out for the children to understand, WE ARE THE SAME WAY!!! How many times does God provide for us, comforts us, answers prayers, gives us peace and we just turn around and complain about the next thing we cannot handle because WE LACK FAITH!! How can we be a light to the world if others see us, especially our children, whine about the things we are constantly dissatisfied with? We must be aware of these moments, stop and reflect on God's word. He will not give us more than we can handle, he will not give us rocks for bread. Our heavenly Father gives exactly what we need on a daily basis. Oh, how I love Him, He is Faithful!!
Philipians 2:14-16
14Do all things without grumbling or disputing;
15so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
YOU are right...you are in my brain from this week. I had to tell God sooo sorry.....
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