From: George Mooth <>
Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian
Subject: Our Daily Bread "Cure For Complainers"
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 09:49:15 -0500

June 2 Tuesday

CURE FOR COMPLAINERS

Read: Romans 5:1-11

We also glory in tribulations,
knowing that tribulation
produces perseverance.
-Romans 5:3

For years, the nearest I came to glorying in tribulations was to
mutter, “Well, praise the Lord anyway!” I felt that my complaining was
usually justified. After all, who needs pain and frustration? I
certainly didn’t, I thought. But God thought differently.

The Lord knew that I needed to change and grow spiritually. In
Romans 5:3-4, Paul taught that life’s predicaments can produce godly
character in us. Our complaining hinders God’s work.

Here are some suggestions for overcoming a complaining attitude:
1. Remember that your troubles did not take God by surprise. He is
still in control.
2. Believe that God has a solution, a provision,
or a gift of wisdom to match your difficulty.
3. Pray, affirming
your faith in God and expressing your confidence in His loving purpose
for you.
4. Wait with expectance and availability, trusting God to
work out His perfect will.
5. Praise Him – even before He acts.

This alternative to complaining gives God an opportunity to work
creatively, both in us and in our circumstances. Best of all, even if
circumstances don’t change, He uses them to change us. I recommend it!
-Joanie E. Yoder

Little things that fret and try us,
Causing murmur and complaint,
If but borne as He intended,
Are the makings of a saint. -Meadows

DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT THORNS AMONG ROSES;
BE GRATEFUL FOR ROSES AMONG THORNS.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1998 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.