Disgruntlement

DEALING WITH DISGRUNTLEMENT

Reflect:  I thought I had made up ‘disgruntlement’ but I find you can Google it fruitfully. It’s all around us, but this passage tells us how to dismantle, dismember and generally diss disgruntlement: 1   Prayer and trust in God (v1-2) 2   Don’t join the rebels (v3) 3   Know the talk (v4) 4   Walk the talk (v5) 5   Pester God politely (v6) 6   Be glad that God is a lot better than you were as a child (v7) 7   God is OK with sinners, he’s used to them (v8) Or in a couple of words, live thankfully.   Pray:  Lord, may thankful living chase out every kind of disgruntlement – From the workplaces I know; from the schools and colleges I know; from the homes I know; and from my own heart, through the power of your Spirit, Amen.

by Jock Stein, President of the Scottish Church Theology Society

PSALM 25: 1-8

1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. 3 Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. 5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. 6 Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness’ sake, O Lord! 8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.