Worship or Whine?

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I will never forget when the Lord spoke to my spirit and ask me the question, "are you going to worship or whine?" Ouch! Being the baby of the family, the miracle child, the sheltered one, the spoiled one... it has always been my response to whine and complain, and I sure got offended when others would tell me, "stop your whining", but when the Lord tells you it is different.

So it took me amost 32 years, (I'll turn 34 years old in April 2018) to finally learn how to stop whining and complaining excessively. I cannot explain the peace and how much happier and less stressed I am, when I choose to give the hurt to God and not live in offense. To truly please God and live for Him, and no one else. I will be the first one to admit, often my first reaction was not to worship but to whine to the Lord or complain even when I boldly stood up declaring "Lord send me, I will go, use me" until that is of course, He actually sent something my way that I was not counting on. Oh, how soon we forget what we said we would actually do if the Lord would just get us through this one time and turn things around. If He would just pleeeeeezzzzeeeee (emphasis for whining effect) get us out of this mess this last time, then we could do better. Well the truth is, God gives us many more opportunities than we realize to worship Him, instead of whining. Worship is not just during church or if the song or choir happens to move you or the service was "on fire". No, worship is an intimate personal adoration of you, with the Lord. It is HIS time with just YOU, nobody else around, just you and Him. This is NOT the time to present all your petitions to Him but simply worship Him. Love on Him, sing to Him, talk to Him, praise Him, dance for Him when no one else is looking and there is no congregation or crowd watching. It is about you and Him, one on one. So, when something unexpected comes your way, learn to lift your hands in worship to the problem solver, instead of whining. You're never told old to be delivered from bad habits.

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