“Hey Fred, how you doing? I’m good, can’t complain as usual.” Webster defines complaining as a way to express grief, pain, or discontent. How many of us complain about circumstances in our lives that we have no control over? Rather than being thankful for what God has blessed us with, we gripe about what we do not have.People complain about material possessions such as clothes, shoes, cars, etc. Some even go as far as becoming angry or begin whining about their shoes being scuffed or stepped on. I wonder if people actually realize how blessed they are to have shoes to be scuffed.
There are many individuals around the world, even this country, who are not capable of affording to buy even half of a pair of shoes.
There are even those who complain when their car breaks down. They act as if they are too good to walk because they rely on something materialistic to get them by day in and day out. They should be relying on God, and thanking God that they have legs to walk on. For that matter, people should thank Him for cars to break down. Think about those who are less fortunate than you. Think of people who have lost limbs to cancer or babies born without them. God has brought you too far and been too good to us for us to complain about material things.
It’s just baffling how people can’t be thankful and grateful for the little things they have in life. How many wake up in the morning thanking God for another day not promised? How many thank Him for being able to have the opportunity to go to college? What about the clothes on our backs, the food on our tables, or the opportunity to be whatever you choose to be? Just look at those around the world, especially the children who have to struggle just to get clean water or just a bite to eat for a day. No child born in this world deserves that, but God has blessed so many of us not to feel that pain or been in that situation. But yet we allow what we do not have to be the basis of our complaining.
There will be storms in our lives, but God tells us “…all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) He also tells us “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
I challenge all to look at their lives realistically to see if they honestly have anything to complain about. I even challenge all to read about a man named Job, in the book of Job, in the Bible. And here is some food for thought. People do not complain because they have problems in their lives. They have problems in their lives because they complain.