Without complaining
Week before last found me grumbling. To myself. I really didn't want to do the job that had to be done. I had plans. Other plans. Plans for things that also had to be done. Only now they took a back seat to these new plans. I did my work (with a quiet, but poor attitude) for awhile, before I thought about those in Houston, many cleaning up huge messes that they weren't planning on. Hurricane Harvey had interrupted their plans as well. Okay, I thought. I'm definitely not in as difficult of a situation as they are. My unplanned work would only take a couple days. I should be able to do my planned work without any sleepless nights. Okay, I thought. I won't complain anymore. But that's when the Lord challenged me with the scripture that came to mind "Do all things without grumbling" (Philippians 2:4 NASB) The verse doesn't say, "When you can think of someone who is in a worse situation than you, don't complain." ...