Ahava Love Letter - "Stop Your Whining"

Ahava Love Letter

“Stop Your Whining” “If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses?” (Jer. 12:5 NLT)

I woke up recently with the words "Stop your whining" in my head. I believe it was a word from the Lord to me specifically, and possibly for many others.

The word was not spoken as a major rebuke, but it was said with firmness. As I thought further on what I heard, I could see where I had actually been "whining" - or as the dictionary tells it like it is with the definition for "whine"- "to snivel or complain in a peevish, self-pitying way: i.e. "He is always whining about his problems."

Of course there are always good reasons to whine - the current situation in the USA with our government and politicians in power; the loss of jobs for many Americans; the wiping away of lifetime savings; the uneasiness with the wars abroad and Middle Eastern uprisings abounding. By golly, even the weather doesn't act the way it should to please our bodies - it is too hot, too cold, too rainy, too dry, hurricane winds or no breeze at all! Plenty of reasons to whine.

How we often go on and on, complaining and whining about what isn't as we think it should be. Our personal convenience and comfort seems to be what should be foremost on the Lord's mind and daily interest, shouldn't it? So it would seem, if we were "running the show."

Remember when, as young kids, our parents told us to "quit whining?" Remember when those of us who are parents now have told our kids to "quit whining?" In each instance, it meant to stop complaining and just grow up. Change the attitude. Bottom line, I believe the Lord is calling us to basically grow up and get on with it.

We are in a time of preparation for what is to come. It will be a challenging time. More so than what we may be experiencing now. I believe it will be a trying, testing time, and we need to get ready now. We need to stop complaining about our current situations, if we are doing that, and see these days as a time to get ready for what is to come.

I am expecting the Lord to call us into greater things. In order to do what will be necessary to carry out our calling, we will need to release now the unnecessary things in our lives that are holding us back. Hardships overcome now are preparing us to help those who will go through them in the near future.

We are being told to get on with the walking so we can "race against horses."

Ahava to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

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Ahava Love Letter #35   Date: Oct. 25, in the year of our Lord 2011