A Thought for the week
Week of October 26
 
Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy. Psalm 64:1
 
I remember being taught to not complain to God in prayer. You are to be reverent and thankful in prayer, so God will hear you and answer your prayer. As I grew up, what I was taught about prayer had some good lessons, but also flaws. One of those is complaining. We take this term as not being thankful for what you have been given and that can be true. Complaining to God is not from a stance of being ungrateful but a stance of faith. We give our grievances to God because we can do nothing less. We are at the end of our rope with nowhere to look except for God. This is lamenting. Praying to God about the struggles in life but still having the faith that God’s will be done. When we share our complaints to God we offer our struggles to him and trust in his plan.