the thing about complaining

i complain a lot. i don't think that i do, but i do.

i hate complainers. It's the one thing i know i complain about and will complain often about and i don't feel bad about it either...

You can complain that i don't capitalize my "i" for instance. OR my use of ...

A lot of people complain about food or weather... and it is just annoying...


Complaining doesn't help much, though i will say, it is helpful to vent sometimes.

Americans complain a lot- A LOT!
And they don't seem embarrassed by it at all. We complain about how expensive things are, how bad our government is doing, our parents, etc etc.


Complaining is very unbecoming however. No one wants to be around a person who complains all the time (Conversely we don't like being around people who are cheerful all the time either).
If you're around a person who complains a lot, you usually try to find another conversation to join, and that person isn't the one you call up right away.


Not only that, but complaining is sin - it's SIN!
There's no excuse for it. It may be understandable and maybe reasonable - more than likely no one is going to condemn you - but it is still sin.
We need to repent of our sin.


i once went to Trinity to hear John Piper give a guest lecture and during a Q&A time someone asked - if all complaining is sin, but you don't really feel happy about it, what do you do (or something to that affect)?

He responded by saying "Well don't compound your sin by lying too. If you're gonna complain in your heart, that is sin. And then if you lie about it, you're sinning again."

We don't have to lie. We can be- and should be - honest with God. We can repent of our complaining spirit.

We can- i believe- even have difficulty with something, but in the end give thanks to God and choose to rejoice.

i'm not saying complain complain complain, then say something good to cover your butt. However, i don't think having difficulty with something is the same as complaining.

Sometimes we need to process, and sometimes we need to vent. We need to be careful and we need to be humble... and often we'll need to repent.

Being positive doesn't mean you need to be fake.
Complaining doesn't make you more authentic or real... but it does make you a sinner.