When We Complain Our Way Into Oblivion

Years ago I was preaching and used an old line that I'm sure many of you know. "Would you like some cheese with that whine?" A few days later a woman brought me a wedge of cheese and told me that she was a whiner. That Sunday she discovered that the problem wasn't everyone else, but herself. She wanted to quit whining and complaining. Complaining is second nature to all of us. We can do it at the drop of a hat. In fact, I think we can do it before the hat even hits the ground. We complain when things don't go our way. We'll complain even louder if we think that we know better than anyone else. Now I have observed that there are different kinds of complainers. These people complain but they don't do anything about it. They complain to complain. What you will notice about them is this. They will complain themselves out of progress, advancement and even joy. But after they have complained themselves out of something, then they will complai