How to Complain To God

I was walking my dog, Ebony, when a cascade of thoughts came raining down. It was a brisk morning and I was enjoying the cold quiet air in my backyard. Suddenly I began thinking of a myriad of troubling things. I was thinking about my house and it's needed repairs, the plumbing issues I have been dreading, which have now arrived, the weather and my work which is contingent upon it, and bills...bills...bills. Wave upon wave of disconcerting thoughts and concerns entered into my mind, as I stood unguarded at the floodgates of my imagination.

I began wondering why the "Cosmos" had me here, at this place and time, and why it seemed I am to stay. I was tempted to complain and I did. I complained about the circumstances that I, and apparently many of my friends, appear to be in. I did not however complain about God. I am careful not to do that. read more...

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