{{2011_06_06_t1.jpg}} {{2011_06_06_t2.jpg}} {{2011_06_06_t3.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/de/doku.php/jn_de_2011_06_06|Deutsche Version]] [[Start|| Wiki Start]] [[topics_collection_iii|| Topics Collection iii ]] ======Constructive or destructive ...====== Monday, June 6, 2011. Sometimes we are frustrated and start to complain about various things in our life. Do you know this phenomenon, when everything seems to be annoying, everything seems to be difficult and pesky? {{2011_06_06.jpg }} **Tempted to be destructive ...** It is a big temptation to start to complain about everything in our life. Sometimes we quarrel with with our life and our fate all the time. We are in company, but it is not the right company. We are at home, but we feel lonely. We have money, but not enough. We have some food, but want other food. What ever happens, we feel on the wrong side, life is brighter elsewhere ... Sometimes bad mood comes over us like a thunderstorm, like some fog coming out of nowhere, just being there. I am not sure whether one can always know what origin bad days have, or where bright days have their beginning. Moods just seem to happen, triggered by little things ... You can be in a golden environment, everything is there, and yet be in bad mood, with many complaints and problems. Life can seem to be without purpose, empty, terrible. And you can be in actual difficulties, and still be filled with purpose and love. {{ 2011_06_06_2.jpg}} **God's power to be constructive ...** Every morning I have to drive through a forest to go to work. And nearly every morning the forst is a fantastic experience. This morning, around seven, it was still full of moisture and fog lingering around, when the sun started to bring golden light into the clearings. Wow, I thought, and I realized the amazing beauty of this creation. I believe that God wants us to be constructive with our life, to be full of purpose. I believe that he does not want us to quarrel, though it is fully ok to bring our difficulties to him. But God wants us to be faithful, to rely on him and believe in his presence and his help. There are different ways to deal with the difficulties which life gives to us. We can quarrel or we can work on them with the help of the Lord. He wants us to address the problems and overcome them, in faith. He wants us to learn to live together with him, with him as the center of our life. With his kingdom as our main concern. [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_iii|... more texts]]