Thursday, July 10, 2025

I'd Like to Register a Complaint

 

Do you know anyone whose Mother Tongue is the language of complaints and negativity? Someone who just can't be happy if they didn't have something to complain about?

You know, like the New Yorker cartoon of a doctor telling his patient, "I can cure your back problem, but there's a risk that you'll be left with nothing to talk about."



Apparently, Solomon knew someone like that. It seems he even married someone like that:

It’s better to live alone in the desert
than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
Proverbs 21:19 (NLT)

A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Proverbs 27:15 (NLT)

While King Solomon's Henny Youngman routine is kind of funny, the Apostle Paul tells us that the habit of complaining and pointing out the negative is harmful to our spiritual health.

Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
so that you may become blameless and pure,
children of God without fault
in a warped and crooked generation.
Then you will shine among them
like stars in the sky.
Philippians 2:14-15 (NIV)

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Truth is...Yes, it's kind of funny that I'm complaining about people complaining.


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