{"id":1872,"date":"2014-11-08T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/how-could-i-complain-aboutanything\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:01:43","slug":"how-could-i-complain-aboutanything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1872","title":{"rendered":"How Could I Complain About…..Anything?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So why have I posted so much about our missions trip? And, what is the big deal about going on a missions trip, or even being missions-minded? And why take children with us on a missions trip?<\/p>\n

1) It opens our eyes to the blessings we have in our lives.<\/p>\n

2) It opens our eyes to the “little things” we take for granted.<\/p>\n

3) It opens our hearts to the needs of others — so much so, that we just can’t help it….we just HAVE to give.<\/p>\n

4) It causes a “culture” shock that awakens our hearts of compassion.<\/p>\n

5) It causes those hard, crusty, dissatisfied and grumpy attitudes that are so easily a part of our lives….to dwindle to softness and appreciation.<\/p>\n

6) It causes blinders being taken off to see the needs of others far greater than our own needs.<\/p>\n

7) It causes us to re-evaluate spending senseless dollars on gifts for friends and family members that you know will be tossed in a corner or a drawer or even trashed, within just a few minutes or hours of having received them.<\/p>\n

8) It causes the mindset of “Thanksgiving” as truly being thankful for every blessing that God has brought into our lives.<\/p>\n

9) It causes a hunger to help support the precious people and volunteers do what they do.<\/p>\n

10) It causes unmistakable and contagious joy.<\/p>\n

11) It causes us to evaluate just WHY we are here on this earth at this time.<\/p>\n

I truly get it — that as we focus on God and His Great Commission, everything will be radically altered\u2014including our thoughts about the world and those in need — our prayer life, our eating habits (including what things we\u2019re willing to \u201ctry\u201d), our disciplines in health and fitness, our family\u2019s stewardship of faith and finances. A missions mindset will impact\u2014for eternity\u2014our focus on our future and their future.<\/p>\n

Could it possibly be that God’s been waiting on us to live with PURPOSE — making a difference on a daily basis of other lives?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So why have I posted so much about our missions trip? And, what is the big deal about going on a missions trip, or even being missions-minded? And why take children with us on a missions trip? 1) It opens our eyes to the blessings we have in our lives. 2) It opens our eyes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11160,11161,9350,11162,824,11163,5250,11164,11165,775],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-contagious-joy","tag-culture-shock","tag-great-commission","tag-have-to-give","tag-little-things","tag-missions-minded","tag-missions-trip","tag-opens-our-eyes","tag-opens-our-hearts","tag-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2965,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/2965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}