Stop Complaining!

Counselors say that complainers are the hardest people in the world to help. You can't satisfy them, but they won't let you stop trying, so you end up feeling trapped. Once you earn a reputation as a complainer, people will avoid you like the plague! Attitude don't just happen, you choose them. Paul says, "Rejouce in the Lord always" (Php 4:4). Joy is a command. It's non-optional and non-negotiable, Joylessness is a sin: one the church folks are particularly prone to indulge in; one that seems to be readily tolerated amongst us; one that's never the object of church discipline. Even televangelists don't get cancelled for displaying too much of it.
The Psalmist writes, "This is the day the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it" (Ps. 118:24). He doesn't say "yesterday was God's day, how happy I was than," or "tomorrow will be God's day, I'll endure until then." No, "This day with its blessings and challenges is a gift from God, so I'm not going to insult Him by complaining." Complaining is usually self-centered. It focuses on what you don't like. Get over yourself! True joy is a choice; one that comes to those who have devoted themselves to something greater than their own personal happiness. Listen: "Fo we have sinned and grown old, and our father is younger than we." A life of gratitude and serivce to others will keep you young till you die. But a life of complaining will age you prematurely and possibly hasten your death. So-stop your complaining!

I was reading my daily devotionals and I must say I was smacked in the face by this one...I had to share with the blogging community. I find myself complaining at times, I know some people who only complain...but whether it's a little or a lot...this passages tells that any amount is too much. I'm always thankful for revelation and understand and I sure enough got some through this... I hope it helps someone else also!!!! Stay encouraged... Joy is your choice, let nothing, no one, no circumstance, problem or situation stop your joy...if you don't have joy, reevaluate the situation, because lack of joy is a personal choice... this is deep....