41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” 43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
Grumbling. It really is the history of mankind. Satan getting Eve and Adam to grumble about what they could not have. The people of Israel grumbling that God sent manna from heaven, but no caviar. The world grumbling because God has sent His Son to be our Savior and offered no plan B. Let's try gratitude instead of grumbling - thanking God for His blessings, praising God for His beauty, trusting God in His grace. Watch yourself today: How much grumbling do you see and hear? How much gratitude do you display?
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