There is a lot to complain about these days…..
Traffic on my way to work… doesn’t anyone know how to merge lanes properly instead of racing ahead and cutting people off?
Prices at the grocery store are noticeably much higher than a year ago. Filling up my car cost double than it did two years ago.
It seems most of what I purchase is made in China. Our house has had four leaks in our slab. We have had floods in the kitchen, bathroom, and garage.
And the list goes on… and on… and on.
Sometimes my adult children who grew up on the Coco River in Nicaragua sleeping in the bottom of dugout canoes and bathing in a cappuccino-colored river hear their friends complaining about some aspect of life in America and usually the turn to one another and say simply “First World Problems.”
Laura and I often have conversations that begin well, but then we take a side street called “Complaint” and find ourselves lost in a dark hole of negative comments. It’s a rough detour from pleasant conversation.
Interesting, God knows how easy it is for us to get mentally off track, and the damaging effects of letting our minds dwell on negative aspects of our lives. He tells us often in His Word how to counteract that, and keep our minds focused.
