Therefore to assist those of you who find it easy to join the ill-tempered team, I’d like to share with you stories and thoughts of others on complaining.  Just maybe it will assist you in changing you’re complaining to contentment. 

“Out west, a cowboy was driving down a dirt road, his dog riding in back of the pick-up truck, his faithful horse in the trailer behind. He failed to negotiate a curve and had a terrible accident.

Sometime later, a highway patrol officer came on the scene. An animal lover, he saw the horse first. Realizing the serious nature of its injuries, he drew his service revolver and put the animal out of its misery. He walked around the accident and found the dog, also hurt critically.  He couldn't bear to hear it whine in pain, so he ended the dog's suffering as well.

Finally he located the cowboy --who suffered multiple fractures--off in the weeds. ‘Hey, are you okay?’ the cop asked. The cowboy took one look at the smoking revolver in the trooper's hand and quickly replied, ‘Never felt better!”

Source unknown.

“Don't complain and talk about all your problems - 80 percent of people doesn’t care; the other 20 percent will think you deserve them.”   

Mark Twain.

 “A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of oxen. The axles groaned and creaked terribly, when the oxen turning around thus addressed the wheels, ‘Hey there, why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we -- not you -- ought to cry out!’ Those complain first in our churches that have the least to do. The gift of grumbling is largely dispensed among those who have no other talents, or who keep what they have wrapped up in a napkin.”

Charles Spurgeon in: The Quotable Spurgeon.

You will find that, as a rule, those who complain about the way the ball bounces are usually the ones who dropped it.

You want something to complain about? It's not very encouraging to know your bank deposits are protected by an agency of a federal government that's $1.6 trillion in debt.

The next time you feel a complaint bubbling up in your spirit remember Philippians 4:4-8

(4)  rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say rejoice.

(5)  let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

(6)  be careful for nothing: but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God.

(7)  and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

(8)  finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue (goodness, integrity, uprightness, justice, prudence)  and if there be any praise think on these things.

Always keep in mind that in everything you do, stay away from complaining and arguing so that no one can speak a word of blame against you… let your lives shine brightly before them. Be careful about whining, griping or complaining, we have so much to be thankful for and so little to complain about, yet we choose to complain.  When we complain we are demonstrating an attitude of ungratefulness and where there is a complaint it opens the door to compromise; and where there is compromising there will be sin.

So when you feel the spirit of complaining springing up in you remember Philippians 4:4 rejoice in the Lord always (all the way through what ever challenge you are going through) and again I say rejoice.

The word rejoice in Greek means chairein and chaironton, both forms of the same Greek word: chairô.  It means to be glad, full of joy.

Therefore, I encourage each of you to be glad and full of joy in the midst of what ever you are faced with. Allow God to be the lifter of your head and the encourager or your heart; for He would not put more on us than we can bear. He will raise you up on eagle’s wings.  Remember, weeping may endure for the night “BUT” joy comes in the morning.

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