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The Right Thing (2)
'...Stay away from complaining and arguing' Philippians 2:14
Will Bowen said, 'Complaining is like bad breath, you notice it when it comes out of somebody else's mouth, but not your own.' And the Bible encourages us to 'do everything without complaining and arguing.'
Do you need to give your mouth a closer examination today? If friends were to describe you as a character from an AA Milne book (bear with us...) would they say you are
a) Easy-going Winnie the Pooh;
b) Thankful Piglet;
c) Bouncy-happy Tigger; or
d) Moaning and groaning Eeyore?
Kent Crockett wrote, 'A friend of mine lives on the coast of Florida a few miles from Kennedy Space Centre. I told him, "It must be fun watching the space shuttle launches and going to the beach all the time." "I never go to the beach," he replied. "I don't even go outside my house to watch the space shuttle launch." "You're kidding me. Why?" I asked. "I've seen them so many times it's no big deal."
When we see the same blessings every day, we eventually stop noticing them. When we stop noticing, we quit appreciating. When we quit appreciating, we stop thanking. When we stop thanking, we start complaining.'
Are you spending more time complaining instead of appreciating? Is your first instinct to moan, or do you weigh up your words before you speak them?
Maya Angelou said, 'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.' (source: Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind But Now I Squint, Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2004, 160-161)
written by Bob Gass
'...Stay away from complaining and arguing' Philippians 2:14
Will Bowen said, 'Complaining is like bad breath, you notice it when it comes out of somebody else's mouth, but not your own.' And the Bible encourages us to 'do everything without complaining and arguing.'
Do you need to give your mouth a closer examination today? If friends were to describe you as a character from an AA Milne book (bear with us...) would they say you are
a) Easy-going Winnie the Pooh;
b) Thankful Piglet;
c) Bouncy-happy Tigger; or
d) Moaning and groaning Eeyore?
Kent Crockett wrote, 'A friend of mine lives on the coast of Florida a few miles from Kennedy Space Centre. I told him, "It must be fun watching the space shuttle launches and going to the beach all the time." "I never go to the beach," he replied. "I don't even go outside my house to watch the space shuttle launch." "You're kidding me. Why?" I asked. "I've seen them so many times it's no big deal."
When we see the same blessings every day, we eventually stop noticing them. When we stop noticing, we quit appreciating. When we quit appreciating, we stop thanking. When we stop thanking, we start complaining.'
Are you spending more time complaining instead of appreciating? Is your first instinct to moan, or do you weigh up your words before you speak them?
Maya Angelou said, 'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.' (source: Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind But Now I Squint, Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2004, 160-161)
written by Bob Gass
