I Caught Myself Whining

Stop it. 

Would you please stop hitting!

Wa, Wa Wah.....

I caught myself whining just like my children. 

What an ugly encounter that was. 

I thoroughly dislike whining. It's like the dripping faucet, the annoying ring, anything that grinds the nerves. I'm sure my husband and children don't enjoy me speaking to them in a whiny tone either. 

Remember Proverbs 19:13 says, "the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping." I think it pertains to a mother too. 

God is giving me grace. He's giving us grace. 

He's reminding us to correct, rebuke, speak words of life, remind our children that they are heroes and heroines created for a mighty purpose but we have to choose not to whine at our children especially if we don't want them whining at us or each other. 

Today, as we march through life weary from lack of rest and sleep, unnecessarily burdened by that which is beyond our control, living with and loving sinners; let's love Jesus more. Let's seek Him more and let's be sensitive to the Spirit's prompting when our voices become as dripping water. 

Let our voices, our tone, our faces be as honey, sweet to the souls around us (Proverbs 16:24).