DAY 190 -- Stop Complaining

I read a short devotional today from Lloyd Newell.  He said that I should stop complaining.  So, on the way to work today, I started considering how many people have "things" exactly as they thought they would be.  How many are living the dream they envisioned when they were younger?  How many are living in a position where they have nothing to complain about?  How many are just totally, completely satisfied with the way things are today, right now?

I decided that there would be very few that had nothing to complain about, if the truth were known.  I am not saying that those who had nothing to complain about would be those who had everything perfect in their life.  I am saying that there are some who would not complain no matter what.  They may have cancer, they may have loved ones straying, they may have nothing too be grateful for, but they do not complain.  They may have challenges with bosses, or neighbors, or they be fighting the Government about taxes, but they won't complain.

We were all sent to this earth to learn lessons.  We are all promised trials.  But so many of us, myself included, evaluate our current circumstances and almost always we come up with things that are not as we would have them.  There are things that are not as good as they used to be.  So,too often I find myself wishing things were different and even a little bit of complaint, waiting for things to be different or to be better.

Stop complaining.  Brother Lloyd Newell added as he counseled us to stop complaining that we should re-read Alma 37:36-37 where we are told to do all things "unto the Lord."  "Let thy thought be directed unto Him...Counsel with the Lord in ALL thy doings...let thy heart be full of thanks.."  If we/I would stop complaining and remember how close Father is to each of us constantly, counsel with him all in things, and keep in mind that He won't let us go through anything that is not required for our perfection, then perhaps I can start to stop complaining. Perhaps....