You can tell an ungrateful person by the nature, length, and number of his or her complaints. What many of Believers complain about is not worth a draw of blessed breath. Ever try praising God for the breath you are taking and complain in the exhale? Me neither.
Complaining is like gossiping about God to the Devil. If you have any problems about how He is monitoring and blessing your life, take it up with Him. But come plain before Him—not complain.
That appears as a cheesy cliche, but there is a worthy message in it. But first, here are a couple of verses to consider.
“The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.”— Proverbs 15:19
“And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.” — Mark 7:35
The Hebrew word for “plain” in that verse is “sawlal,” to exalt or make the righteous one seen.
In the second verse, the Greek word for “plain” is “orthōs,” meaning, in a straight manner, correctly (also morally), rightly. Continue reading