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It’s Easy to Complain, It’s Hard to be Faithful

Right?

I find it very easy to be discontent. Perhaps it’s part of being in a generation of relatively affluent young Americans that have the world at our fingertips—electronically and actually. 

And when we’re discontent, or at least allow a spirit of discontent to rise occasionally, we find it very easy to complain. To nitpick. To find any and every reason to be dissatisfied. 

Related to the same issue, it’s extremely hard to be faithful. With the world at your fingertips, it’s hard to stay committed to something.

It’s just to easy too leave. To change. To move. To start over. 

What do you do when life isn’t peachy?

Complain?

Or Commit?

The people who change the world, big or small, stay committed.

They realize that something is bigger than them and, therefore, their happiness and personal peace may need to be sacrificed for a while.

When you take on evil, life gets messy. It sucks, it hurts, and the pain endures for a surprisingly long period. 

Perhaps our “complain v. commit” dilemma is based on whether or not we’re ready to let life be about something other than us.

When you feel like complaining, realize that no situation will be perfect. No job, no marriage, no city, no life. No life will be perfect. 

But if you can take your eyes off of yourself and point them forward, perhaps you can see a better world unfolding. Life won’t be perfect, but if we’re faithful it can be powerful.