GRUMBLE,  GRUMBLE,   GRUMBLE 

OR  GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE

INTRODUCTION

The title of  my homily is, “Grumble, Grumble, Grumble or Gratitude, Gratitude, Gratitude.”

Which is more me: grumble or gratitude?

I use the word “grumble” three times, because that’s how many times it’s used in today’s first reading.

In this first reading from Exodus, we hear the Israelites complaining about Moses. They are complaining about the one in charge - the leader. They are also grumbling about food. Everyone gets hungry. Lastly they don’t like where they are. They are complaining about  - location, location,  location - the dessert.

So  a challenge for today:  may your gratitude crumble your grumble. May your thankfulness outweigh your grumbleness.

Tonight around 9 PM make a list of what you grumbled about today.  Also make a column at 9:07 PM what you loved and laughed about today.

Which will be more me today: grumble or gratitude?

Which horse wins: grumpy or grattitudy?

A FEW QUOTES:

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”

Billy Graham said, “Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful."

John Henry Jowett wrote, “Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled attitude. As antitoxins prevent the disastrous effects of certain poisons and diseases, thanksgiving destroys the poison of faultfinding and grumbling. When trouble has smitten us, a spirit of thanksgiving is a soothing antiseptic.

Marlene Dietrich said, "Grumbling is the death of love."

Samuel Logan Brengle  said, “Truly, we have much to thank God for, but if we would be thankful, we must set our hearts to do it with a will. We grumble and complain without thought, but we must think to give thanks.”

CONCLUSION: TODAY

So today quit with the witching; less with the complaining; more with the thanking and the happy face. Amen.

And tonight at 9 PM give yourself a mark on how you did today.