29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (Luke 5)
Besides being the result of simmering ingratitude towards God, complaining invites some pretty sketchy guests to come along, like gossip. God had sent His son to save sinners, yet the self-righteous complained about Him hanging out with them. God sent Moses to deliver the people of Israel from their bondage in Egypt, yet the people complained and gossiped about him while he was up on the mountain, and to one another as they began a coup against him and Aaron. When we want to complain and blame, we love to pull others down into it. May we be the ones who refuse to join in, and don't let it grab us in the first place.
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