I once worked for a guy who had a no complaining sign on the mirror of his office washroom. It was a reminder to him and any that he didn’t abide whining or complaining.
When we complain in our hearts or to one another, we may just be intensifying our complaint. That is, if we don’t turn our attention to the Father. This psalm gives a proper example:
“Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers, who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear. They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see them?” They search out injustice, saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep. But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly. They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.
Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.
Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!”
Psalms 64:1-10 ESV
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