Reportedly, we spend a third of our life eating, and a third of our life sleeping. I believe we spend the last third of our life complaining or venting about everyday grievances. When we complain it is with a sense of discontent with people, things or circumstances. We imply that God is not doing His work properly, that if He would only trust us with His work, everything would be solved - and in quicker time, too. Are women the complaining sex? Well, everyone complains, but in one study, when a doctor (female) asked subjects to write down as many personal annoyances as they could come up with, women jotted down nearly four times as many as the men did. I am certain that the Israelites in Numbers 11 were made up of men and women who complained about the absence of fish, cucumbers, melons, onions, garlic and more. God was totally displeased with their attitudes. If you and I are to be blameless sons of God in the midst of a crooked country, we need to take serious God's command in Philippians 2:13 to do all things without murmuring and complaining. Maybe the best antidote is to read Psalm 103 daily until the habit of complaining is broken.
On a health note, blood was drawn today. We are hoping that the results will show continued movement in the right direction in respect to the liver.
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