"What Grumbling Gauges
Grumbling is a gauge of the human soul. It gauges our gaze on grace. It tells us that we’re not seeing grace.
Grumbling pours out of our soul whenever we feel like we’re not getting what we deserve. Sometimes we’re even crass enough to think, to hell with what we deserve, we’re not getting what we want.
What Gratitude Gauges
The opposite of grumbling in the soul is gratitude. And gratitude also gauges our gaze on grace. It tells us that we are seeing grace.
Gratitude pours out of our souls whenever we we’re receiving a gift we know we don’t deserve and we experience a humble happiness.
Gratitude is a symptom of a healthy, expansive soul.
Gratitude is the accent of the language of heaven because there everything is undeserved grace.
But grumbling is the accent of hell’s language because it’s how a creature’s pride responds to the Creator’s decision to do or allow something that the creature does not desire.
Do All Things Without Grumbling
And that’s why Paul tells us to “do all things without grumbling”. The children of God should not speak with the accent of hell.
Yes it is hard. It’s a fight. God told us it would be that way. But we will grow in the gracious habit of cultivating gratitude through the rigorous exercise of constant practice of seeing grace."
*Filipenses 2:14,15