"Well, You Could Be Trapped Under Rubble In Haiti."

We all have a tendency to complain.  It might be because your head hurts, your kids disobey, you don't have enough money, you got that long red light AGAIN, or fill in the blank.  It doesn't matter how thankful you are or what a great person you are.  We all complain.  I am the chief of complainers, as hard as I try not to be.  It is in my sin nature.  I want things my way and I want them now.  So when it comes to my kids complaining, I try to be patient.  It's hard sometimes.  I don't want to be a hypocrite and instruct them not to complain at all, because I do it when I am not even aware of it.  So I have a new way of correcting them.  "You could be trapped under rubble in Haiti for 14 days with no food or water." If we keep this in perspective, suddenly that red light is a small dent in my day.  Suddenly, I am rich.  In an instant, I am grateful for disobedient kids.  I am happy that I even have them to disobey me.  So many women can't have children.  Lord, help me to not complain and to savor each and every inconvenient moment of my life.