Recently, I have been pondering the human propensity to complain. Nothing describes the human condition better than our ability to find fault with just about everything. Obviously, we complain when things go bad. The car breaks down, we wake up late for work, the kids get sick, we get sick, we have problems with co-workers, or the economy goes south. Fill-in the blank, we complain about something everyday. In fact we are so good at being human that we complain when something good happens; it just wasn't quite good enough.
During the Christmas season I hope to find things to be thankful for: God is still God, my wife still loves me in spite of my faults (of which there are not a few), we have a wonderful family, we have jobs and we like them, we are part of a great church, and our health is good. I could go on forever, but you get the point.
It's easy to complain. It proves our fallen nature. In Christ we are better than that. We can live above that mind-set and focus on the blessings of God. When we complain we prove that we are mere human. When we offer blessings, we prove that God exists. May God help us to set our attitudes on Him and His blessings. Let us be thankful for His love and grace, and extend the same to those who would cause us to complain. Just because we are human doesn't mean we have to act like it.
Merry Christmas! May His Christ-likeness shine through us in the coming New Year!
Elton Brooke
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