I've been really trying to learn to be joyful about everything, and to not complain. I'm in a homeschool choir in my area, and it's a really good choir, and I have some good friends in it. But I dont like it as good as I did in years past, we have a new director which has taken a while to get used to, my really close friends all graduated so they're not in it. And I havent really enjoyed the music we've been doing. I've been complaining about it a lot these last few weeks of rehearsals, and we had our first performance this afternoon. The very first song opens up with saying "the God who gave us life, gave us liberty" How beautiful is that? That is also a part of the ending of our last song. I've realized lately, that even if you dont like what you're doing,  you need to do it with a good attitude and for God's glory, not your own.
Why do I get to complain? When I have a house over my head, food to eat whenever I want, cars, restaurants, clothes, a bed, my own room. When people elsewhere dont have any of this stuff. How is it that a little kid in africa can be so happy with nothing, and us not be joyful, and thankful for what we have. We get upset if our parents get us the wrong kind of ipod, when these kids in these poverty stricken places cant even fathom something like that.
This is something thats really been laid on my heart today. Even though Im not that big of a fan of the music, or not the greatest friends with the people in the choir, even though I hate the uniforms, and the shoes hurt my feet, I should be thankful I can do that. Because when Im doing that with a joyful heart, Im really bringing honor to God. Which is what I want to live for.