{"id":3406,"date":"2010-11-16T03:33:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T09:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2010-11-16T07:08:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T13:08:48","slug":"dave-rave-%e2%80%93-five-joys-of-discomfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/dave-rave-%e2%80%93-five-joys-of-discomfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rave \u2013 Five Joys of Discomfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"daverave\"<\/p>\n

We\u2019re fast coming upon the Christmas season when we hear the same seasonal cliche\u2019s like \u201cJoy to the World, Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men.\u201d\u00a0 We\u2019ll sing songs that will contain phrases like \u201ccomfort and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

When I think of that term, comfort and joy, I think about the five joys of discomfort.<\/p>\n

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  1. The joy of the kind of discomfort that gets me to move.<\/strong> That\u2019s what all of life is, isn\u2019t it? Movement.\u00a0 The only things in life that don\u2019t move are those things that are dead.\u00a0 Discomfort (low income, broken relationships, dead-end jobs) can be seen as negatives, or turned into positives when that discomfort gets me to move.<\/li>\n
  2. The joy of the kind of discomfort that wakes me up.<\/strong> Way too many people I see have a blank look on their face.\u00a0 We live in the greatest country in the world, enjoy the highest standard of living than ever before, electronic gadgets are coming out the wazoo, and yet the number one emotion painted on the faces of the people I see is disappointment and boredom.\u00a0 Sometimes discomfort wakes us out of our dogmatic slumbers and makes us face new realities so we ourselves can be transformed.<\/li>\n
  3. The joy of the kind of discomfort that makes me change.<\/strong> Someone has said that the only predictable reality of life is change.\u00a0 That may be true, but whether we change for the better or worse is always up to us.\u00a0 Sometimes the discomfort of staying in the same place is so great that we are willing to change. We change usually under three conditions: when we know enough to change, when we want enough to change, and when we have no other choice.<\/li>\n
  4. The joy of the kind of discomfort that makes me appreciate what I have.<\/strong> Why is it that we fail to appreciate things until we no longer have them?\u00a0 That happened to me when I lost my job and what I thought was my ability to do what I was created to do.\u00a0 When it was handed back by an army of renegades and righteous believers, I\u2019ve never been the same.\u00a0 Every day is a joy.\u00a0\u00a0 Every Sunday morning is like Christmas for me. Yea God for the discomfort of that kind of disruption.<\/li>\n
  5. The joy of the kind of discomfort that reminds me who my true source is.<\/strong> Whether you are a person of faith or not, trust me, the day will come when, if God loves you any at all, He will allow something to happen in your life that will shake your confidence in your company, your corporation, and even your country.\u00a0 This event will shake you to the core and remind you just how helpless and vulnerable you really are.\u00a0 Why does God do this?\u00a0 He does this because he loves us.\u00a0 We too easily forget that the resources that God brings into our lives can become idols.\u00a0 And our true source – our Master Donor, the lover of our souls – begins to take a back seat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These are my five joys of discomfort.\u00a0 What are yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    We\u2019re fast coming upon the Christmas season when we hear the same seasonal cliche\u2019s like \u201cJoy to the World, Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men.\u201d\u00a0 We\u2019ll sing songs that will contain phrases like \u201ccomfort and joy.\u201d When I think of that term, comfort and joy, I think about the five joys of discomfort. The joy … Continue reading “Dave Rave \u2013 Five Joys of Discomfort”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3406"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}