Murmuring

Sigh!!!! good to think about my effect on those around me. But some
people genuinely love the snow. I have always just tried to grit my
teeth and make it through the winter. I think if we started thinking
about winter as a way to "rest up, " and begin to cherish reading
books by the fire at night, instead of wishing I was in Florida in the
sun. There is something about lack of sun and our bodies making more
Vitamin D that affects our brain and our ability to be as positive.
And for those of us who suffer from Winter depression, we may do well
to leave the North as we get older and find a ministry in the Southern
States where there is more Sun......don't you think? But you made
some very good points. Negativity breads Negativity.
LOL Sis Carolyn

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Al Yoder wrote:
> MURMURING AGAINST THE LORD
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> I looked outside this morning and my first thought was: “Oh no, I don’t want
> to deal with snow yet.” Then I remembered reading about the children of
> Israel in Exodus and how God felt about his people murmuring and changed my
> tune. It seems like we have this uncanny tendency to slide into this habit
> of murmuring when things are not the way we like it. I was impressed with
> how Moses spoke about the peoples unhappiness with him. He said the people
> were saying these things against the LORD.
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> And Moses said, for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur
> against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but
> against the LORD. (Exodus 16:8 b)
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> There is something about murmuring that is like the flu. It’s like a virus.
> It is easily caught by others, and soon a whole host of people are having
> the symptoms. Sometimes we are in the middle of a group of people and one
> person starts in on all the inconsistencies of our government and world
> conditions. Others join in and the first thing we know the whole room is
> filled with negative thoughts and statements about everything from
> governments, schools, churches, parenting, high prices, pastors, plant
> managers, businesses, etc.
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> On the contrary, when one person speaks up and begins to point out the
> benefits of living in the country and the privilege we have to own our own
> businesses, the whole tenor of the conversation can change our whole outlook
> toward life.
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> According to this passage in Exodus, God hears our murmurings and they are
> really ultimately aimed at Him. God did hear the peoples grumblings and
> sent them the things they were wanting, but they got very ill and many died
> as a result. Since I don’t want the negative consequences they got, I
> decided to change my way of talking about the snow and think of all the
> benefits we get from it, our government, our churches, schools, businesses,
> managers, and the things we buy.
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> If we had nothing but our salvation, we would have more than we deserved.
> After all the children of Israel had been delivered from 430 years of
> slavery to the Egyptians. That should have been enough in itself to have
> made them grateful for what they had. And our salvation from sin and hell
> should make us grateful for what I have and quit this murmuring spirit.
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> Selah…
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> Al Yoder
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