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From Complaining to Grieving: A Complaint Free WorldScripture: John 11:1–44This week at Central, we continue our journey toward a complaint-free life by moving from complaining to grieving. In John 11, Jesus meets Mary and Martha in the depth of their sorrow over the death of their brother, Lazarus—and He weeps with them. In this sacred moment, we see that God does not rush past our pain or demand composure. Instead, Jesus enters fully into our grief, showing us that divine compassion meets us right where we are.Pastor Sarah invites us to move beyond surface-level complaints and explore what lies beneath them—unacknowledged grief, loss, or longing. Through visuals like the Grief Iceberg and the Feelings Wheel, we learn how to recognize what’s truly under the surface and to bring those deeper emotions into God’s presence.Grieving isn’t about control or fixing—it’s about allowing our hearts to break open in the presence of a God who is not afraid of our tears. And it’s there, in that sacred space of vulnerability, that we discover resurrection hope: the God who weeps with us is also the God who calls us to new life.✨ Listen now and reflect on how God meets us in our grief, transforms our pain, and reminds us that even in our sorrow, resurrection is already stirring. Support the show
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