{"id":303257,"date":"2014-11-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/barbara-rainey-on-gratitude\/"},"modified":"2014-11-05T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T17:00:00","slug":"barbara-rainey-on-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/barbara-rainey-on-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Rainey on Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Rainey tells what she did to try and cultivate a heart of gratitude in her children.  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He wants what he wants, when he wants it. It is our job, as parents, to train our children to be grateful.\u00a0 They are not born naturally grateful, and neither are we. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, November 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tToday, we are going to explore the link between selfishness and a lack of gratitude as we seek to raise children who are thankful. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Wednesday edition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Your kids were born grateful; weren\u2019t they, Bob?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was just going to say that was not very nice what your wife said. I mean, it is true\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Think about that! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014but it is not very nice. It\u2019s true!\u00a0 It is just not very nice to call our kids selfish, from the start\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>14 months old\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014but they are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014what a picture of selfishness. [Laughter] I mean, are they cute, and cuddly, and loveable, and all that\u2014but do they want what they want when they want it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They have to be taught how to be grateful, which is what we are going to spend some time unpacking this week. We have your wife joining us to do that\u2014Barbara, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob<\/strong>: Nice to have you here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is something that, for whatever reason\u2014this has been a passion of yours for years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I have thought a lot about gratitude. I think that a lot of it is born out of the fact that my children were not grateful, and it drove me crazy. [Laughter] It was a felt need!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You figured, \u201cI have got to fix this somehow\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Here she is\u2014a crazy woman coming on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>!\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It also ties to the fact that your favorite holiday of the year is Thanksgiving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That is right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You wrote a book, a number of years ago, that was the story of the Pilgrims coming to America\u2014<em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. What you tried to capture in that book was the remarkable story of a people who were grateful, in spite of incredible hardships. We whine about a fingernail that tears. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara<\/strong>: Oh\u2014or any number of other things that are so insignificant and trivial. And that\u2019s what impressed me\u2014probably more than anything about the story of the Pilgrims, who came on the <em>Mayflower<\/em>\u2014is their heart of gratitude. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey stopped and gave thanks to God for <em>everything<\/em> in every situation, no matter how hard it was. And they had <em>nothing<\/em>\u2014they did not have homes, they didn\u2019t have grocery stores, they didn\u2019t have doctors present when they got sick. They just had <em>nothing <\/em>compared to what we do. Yet, they expressed gratitude; and we have everything, and we complain all the time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis<\/strong>: We make the story of the <em>Mayflower<\/em> and the Pilgrims coming over to America\u2014it\u2019s such a story book. But the thing I liked about what Barbara did in her book\u2014and by the way, if you don\u2019t have <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>, I just want to tell every family listening\u2014you need to get this and read it for your kids because the very thing we are talking about here is spelled out in the book. It will take you into kind of the below deck in the <em>Mayflower,<\/em> where it was a stench\u2014I mean, people throwing up and all sorts of other things. I mean, it wasn\u2019t this storybook, happily\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It wasn\u2019t pretty. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis<\/strong>: It wasn\u2019t!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara<\/strong>: And it wasn\u2019t comfortable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis<\/strong>: Our kids need to realize that our freedom here, as a country, came out of great pain, sacrifice, and turmoil. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob<\/strong>: Well, you have designed a new resource for families this year, at Thanksgiving, that you are hoping will reinforce this theme of gratitude; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I am. I believe that one of the best teachers for children is hearing stories. So, we have come up with a one-week series of devotions to be read to children that are stories of gratitude and how people\u2014different people\u2014have expressed gratitude in their lives over different situations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe idea is\u2014if you are talking to your kids about gratitude every day for seven days, maybe it will stick a little bit. It is not going to transform their lives, but maybe it will stick a little bit. And it will give you an opportunity to talk with your kids about why it is so important to give thanks in everything. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, today we are going to hear the first part of a message you shared with a number of moms, talking about how you cultivate a heart of gratitude in your children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Even though I love the reason for the Christmas season\u2014I love a lot of things about Christmas\u2014Thanksgiving really and truly is my favorite holiday. I love the fall season. I love Thanksgiving because it is a time for family, and it is uncluttered by a lot of the stress of the Christmas season. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI also love Thanksgiving season because it calls us to practice a biblical command that we don\u2019t do nearly often enough\u2014especially in America\u2014and that is to give thanks. In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, it says this: \u201cIn everything, give thanks for this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus.\u201d\u00a0 It is a command; and it says, \u201cIn everything give thanks.\u201d\u00a0 That is pretty hard to do; isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 It is pretty hard to give thanks in a lot of things in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, we are going to talk about why we should give thanks and how we can improve our gratitude quotient. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen my kids were growing up, I began to read them stories in the Thanksgiving holiday about the Pilgrims. I was a history major in college, and I wanted my kids to know the truth about the beginning days of our country. I wanted them to know the true facts about our Christian heritage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I began reading them little stories that I would find here and there about the Pilgrims and about the founding of our country; but I also wanted my kids to become thankful. I wanted them to focus on something besides football and food at Thanksgiving. So, I began to teach my kids to be grateful and to talk about what they were thankful for. In the early days, when my kids were still really little, I would pull out ruled notebook paper, or construction paper, or whatever we would find. I would have them practice, on Thanksgiving Day, writing what they were thankful for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, as I began to find more and more of these stories, I began to read them. Here is one of the ones that my kids loved the best\u2014it starts like this: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe <em>Mayflower<\/em>, a small wooden ship with billowing sails, was the vessel that God used to bring a group of Christian believers to an unseen land far over the Atlantic. These Christian men and women, called Pilgrims, believed that God was leading them to establish a new community where they could worship freely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs Americans, we celebrate Thanksgiving every year because of the profound faith and uncommon courage of these English men and women. And it is good for us to read their stories and to hear what they did and to hear how they believed God because it will inspire us to be courageous as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, in September of 1620, after enduring many delays and difficulties, these Pilgrims finally said their last goodbyes and boarded the <em>Mayflower<\/em> and set sail for the New World. The food was terrible\u2014brine-soaked beef and pork in salt. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe rooms for passengers were crowded and below deck. Conditions were miserable\u2014cramped quarters \/ seasick people vomiting into pails, if they were able to find a pail in time. A foul mixture of odors grew in such an environment.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThose kinds of stories of the deprivation and the difficulties that they went through really helped my kids to be grateful because, all of a sudden, as they listened to this story and they listened to these conditions, it made them realize how much they had and how much they had to be grateful for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, I want to give you three things for why we struggle with gratitude\u2014\u201cWhy do we, as people struggle, with having gratitude?\u201d\u00a0 I think the first reason is because we have so much. Our prosperity is breeding a nation of ungrateful people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSecondly, I think we are ungrateful because, by nature, we are just selfish. We are born that way. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy nature, we all want what we want when we want it. We want to control our own lives. We believe we are entitled to so much; and when we don\u2019t get what we want, we complain about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy daughter, Ashley, called me last spring and said\u2014I picked up the phone, and she said, \u201cMom, I have figured out what my problem is.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cOkay?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cIt is Daniel;\u201d and I laughed\u2014Daniel was her 14-month-old, at the time\u2014and I said, \u201cOh!\u00a0 Why is Daniel the problem?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cWell\u201d\u2014she said\u2014\u201cI think he\u2019s the one that is driving me crazy.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, she began to talk about how\u2014she said\u2014\u201cI know he has got allergies, and I know he is the last one\u2014so, he has to be louder to be heard,\u201d\u2014she has five boys, by the way. So, she said: \u201cI realized that I have been\u2014when he fusses, I just pick him up to make him quiet because I can\u2019t stand all the noise, and I need a break. So, rather than training him to wait or be patient.\u201d She said: \u201cI just pick him up. I realized that he is running my life, and he is my problem.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, the reason Daniel is her problem is because he was born selfish. He wants what he wants when he wants it. And it is our job, as parents, to train our children to be grateful.\u00a0 They are not born naturally grateful, and neither are we.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the third reason, I think, gratitude is difficult\u2014why it is so hard for us to be grateful, as people\u2014is because we are often disappointed in life. Things don\u2019t work out the way we would like for them to\u2014and it makes us sad, makes us disappointed, and it causes us to be ungrateful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis came home to our family in a real dramatic way when our daughter, Rebecca, who is my fourth child, had a little girl named Molly. Molly only lived seven days. In the midst of those seven days of Molly\u2019s life, I realized how important it was to give thanks for everything because God is in control and we are not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was <em>nothing<\/em> we could do for little Molly \/ there was nothing the doctors could do for little Molly. And we were left knowing that we had no other choice but to give thanks to God and to take from His hand what He had given us\u2014what He had given them\u2014and what He had given us, as a family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat is the attitude that the Pilgrims had. They suffered much, but they knew that God was in control. They took what God gave them with great gratitude. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have to say that\u2014while giving thanks to God in that week of Molly\u2019s life wasn\u2019t really difficult for me\u2014and I can\u2019t explain it except that I had no other choice\u2014complaining would have changed nothing. It wasn\u2019t what my daughter needed \/ it wasn\u2019t what my son-in-law needed. And there just wasn\u2019t any other choice but to give thanks to God for what He was doing, even though we didn\u2019t understand it and we didn\u2019t like it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I think being grateful is hard for us because we are naturally selfish, and because we have so much and expect so much, but also, because we are often disappointed in life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe don\u2019t like being disappointed\u2014it doesn\u2019t fit our plan. It is not what we had in mind. And so, our tendency\u2014our natural inborn tendency\u2014is to complain and to gripe instead of giving thanks. But God calls us to be a grateful people and to take everything from His hand with thanksgiving.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, why is gratitude so important?\u00a0 I have three reasons for this as well. First of all, gratitude is important because, at its core, gratitude is a heart that trusts God. It is an expression of faith in Him. There is a verse that I wonder how many of you know, and it goes like this: \u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing.\u201d\u00a0 How many of you know that verse?\u2014grumbling means murmuring in discontent. It means arguing. It means disputing. It means disagreeing with.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, I want to show you what it looks like. We have a wall of children\u2019s photographs at our office. And this photograph is my very favorite\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014partly because it looks a lot like my grandson \/ but partly because it really is an image of what I do so often in my heart toward God. And this is the photograph. [Laughter]\u00a0 Don\u2019t you love it? I just keep looking at this little guy\u2014and his little furrowed brow and his squinty eyes\u2014and you can just see he is just stomping his feet at the same time. But this is a picture of what griping and complaining looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow many of you have seen it in your house more times than you would like?\u00a0 And while we think this picture is really cute and this little guy is just adorable in the photograph, it is not so cute when it is your child. It is not so cute when he is doing this to you; is it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt makes me wonder: \u201cWhat must God feel when I do this to Him\u2014when I cross my arms, and I furrow my brow, and I stomp my foot at Him and say: \u2018That\u2019s not what I wanted in life!\u00a0 That is not the way I wanted it to be!\u2019\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe, I don\u2019t do it so physically and dramatically\u2014maybe, in my heart, I am just unhappy and I am not grateful. You don\u2019t have to do this and stomp your feet. You can be ungrateful in your heart and not express thanksgiving to God. I don\u2019t think God likes it with us any more than we like it with our children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPhilippians 2:4\u2014the verse I just quoted\u2014\u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing,\u201d is a verse that I make my kids memorize. I thought, if I got them to memorize the verse, it would cure some of the griping and complaining in their lives; but it didn\u2019t work. It wasn\u2019t the miracle cure I hoped for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI realized that the reason why is because gratitude is a choice. They were choosing to complain and gripe. They were choosing to be upset about the way things were. Being thankful is a matter of the will. It is a matter of obedience. It is a muscle that needs to be exercised in our hearts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur hearts choose thankfulness or they choose complaining. So, even though I had my kids memorize the verse, it was still their choice\u2014if they were going to complain and gripe or if they were going to be thankful. And the same is true for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSecondly, gratitude is so important because God commands us to be grateful and to express thanksgiving to Him. Ephesians 5:20 says, \u201c\u2026always giving thanks for all things in the name of Jesus Christ.\u201d\u00a0 It says, \u201calways\u201d\u2014not just when we feel like it \/ not when it feels good and circumstances are the way I want them to be\u2014but always. Always covers <em>everything<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, it says in that verse, \u201cfor all things\u201d\u2014not just the good things \/ not just the pleasant things\u2014but the things we may not like, the thing we don\u2019t understand, the things that are difficult and hard and disappointing. God <em>wants <\/em>us to give thanks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhy does He want us to give thanks?\u00a0 Because it expresses faith in <em>Him <\/em>that He knows what He is doing and that He always acts in good toward us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHis intentions are <em>always<\/em> good\u2014they are always kind \/ they are always loving. So, everything He gives us\u2014everything He allows into our lives\u2014is because He loves us. He wants us to trust Him and say, \u201cThank you, Father, for what You are doing and for what You are allowing in my life.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, third\u2014because God regards complaining as a serious offense. In the book of Numbers, Chapters 13 and 14, there is the story of the Israelites and how the Israelites did not believe God but instead complained against Him. They chose fear instead of faith, and they rebelled against Him. As a result, God allowed them to wander in the wilderness for forty years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wrote about this in my book, too, in a section titled, \u201cThe Difference Between Grumbling and Gratitude\u201d: \u201cDoes it ever seem surprising to you that God made the Israelites wander in the wilderness for forty years because they grumbled?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnybody think that?\u2014that has always puzzled me. Grumbling just seems like such a minor offense compared with murder and some of these bad things. Why would God make them wander for forty years for just complaining?\u00a0 I mean\u2014really. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy kids may have spent thirty minutes in their room for complaining\u2014but forty years?\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 What a severe discipline. Ouch!\u00a0 It seems really harsh to us from our perspective; doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0\u00a0 Clearly, God is not pleased with grumbling. It does not make Him happy to hear his children to complain constantly.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing grateful is a choice. It is not a feeling dependent on our circumstances, as we clearly see in the Pilgrims\u2019 lives. They believed that God was in control\u2014\u201cProvidence\u201d they called it. They responded to the circumstances of their lives with the perspective that said, \u201cGod has allowed this for our good.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJohn Piper has said this: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cGratitude is past-oriented dependence, and faith is future-oriented dependence. Both forms of dependence are humble, self-forgetting, and God-exalting. If we do not believe that we are deeply dependent on God for all that we have or hope to have, then, the very spring of gratitude and of faith runs dry.\u201d\u00a0 You see, they\u2019re connected. If we are not grateful, then, we are not expressing faith\u2014they go together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGratitude is an expression of faith in God, and who He is, and what He is allowing in our lives. Grumbling is evil because it says my wishes and my desires are more important than God\u2019s wishes and God\u2019s desires. That is why God punished the people of Israel for forty years because their intentions were: \u201cI want my way. I want what I want \/ I don\u2019t want what You want.\u201d\u00a0 And He had to make an example of them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt even says in 1 Corinthians that they are an example to us of how God feels about grumbling and complaining. Grumbling is a complete lack of faith in God\u2019s providence and His goodness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, we have been listening today to the first part of a message from Barbara Rainey, speaking to a group of moms on the subject of gratitude. It is interesting, to me, how seriously grumbling is taken in the Bible. We tend to think of it as kind of one of those little sins; and we excuse it in our own lives and in the lives of our kids. God doesn\u2019t just turn away from grumbling\u2014He addresses it, head on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, and you know, that is one of the things about the story that has always been so stunning to me\u2014that God made the Israelites wander for forty years because they complained. I think about my perspective on grumbling\u2014and I may have sent my kids to their room for thirty minutes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut forty years is a pretty dramatic judgment on something that we take so lightly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The habit of grumbling is an easy one to fall into, again, because it is a part of our sin nature\u2014and a hard one to break; isn\u2019t it? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara<\/strong>: Yes, it really is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u00a0You know, as Barbara was talking, I was thinking, \u201cI wonder what <em>Webster\u2019s Dictionary<\/em> has to say about grumbling?\u201d\u00a0 So, I grabbed it off the shelf here\u2014and it says, \u201cGrumble: to mutter in discontent.\u201d\u00a0 When we gripe, and grumble, and complain, what are we ultimately saying?\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t like my circumstances. I do not like the lot I have been given.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhether we are children or adults, I think we have to be called away from grumbling, and griping, and complaining to the concept of contentment and resting in the fact that there is a God, and He is in charge, and we are not. We can\u2019t always dictate what our circumstances are\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we are not in control. We have to learn this lesson.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. It\u2019s one of the reasons, Barbara, that you put in your Every Thine Home<em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> catalog this chalkboard\u2014that we\u2019ve talked about, here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\u2014that is in the shape of a house. At the top, it says, \u201cIn this home we give thanks for.\u201d There is a place for people to write down what they are thankful for so that you can start focusing on the things you are grateful for\u2014and you can teach your kids to do the same thing\u2014and you can write it down and have it hanging in your home. Every day, ask, \u201cWhat are you thankful for today?\u201d You erase what was on there yesterday and write something new for today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would really encourage our listeners: \u201cIf you\u2019ve not seen some of the resources Barbara has been developing for the Thanksgiving holiday \/ for Christmas\u2014for use year- round\u2014you can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. If you click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, where it says, \u2018GO DEEPER,\u2019 that will take you right to an area where you can click on and find out more about everything Barbara has been working on\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014the chalkboard \/ the \u201cWritten and Remembered\u201d resource that can be used at Thanksgiving \/ the \u201cGathered Round\u201d\u2014the wreath that can be displayed in your home.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s all available when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d Then, click the link for Ever Thine Home and find out all that Barbara has been working on. Or if you have any questions about the resources you see online, call 1-800-FL-TODAY, 1-800-358-6329. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tKeep in mind that Barbara has written a book about Thanksgiving called <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. We have copies of the book available\u2014both as a hardcover book and as an audio book. You can look for more information about those resources on our website at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you are interested in the Thanksgiving book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s one other resource that you\u2019ve developed, Barbara\u2014that a lot of families are using at Thanksgiving. It\u2019s a spool that has napkin wraps on it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEach wrap has a question. So, you wrap up the napkins at Thanksgiving; and then, when you untie the napkins, there is a question there. As a part of your Thanksgiving meal, you can answer the questions that you\u2019ve untied here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I mention it because, this month, we are making these napkin wraps available to anyone who can help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> with a donation. We are listener-supported. The cost of all that we do, here at FamilyLife, is covered by folks, like you, who make donations to support this ministry\u2014keep us on this local radio station \/ keep us syndicating our program all around the world via the internet. All that we do, here at FamilyLife, is made possible because of folks, like you, who donate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you can help us today, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, where it says, \u201cI Care,\u201d and you can make an online donation. Or you can call1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you do that, ask for the napkin wraps; and we\u2019ll get those sent to you. Or you can request the napkin wraps when you mail a donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBox 7111, Little Rock, AR. And our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to talk about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. We\u2019ll find out how the Raineys have celebrated that, as a family, over the years. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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She explains why we struggle to be grateful for God's blessings.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2014-11-05.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Why aren\u2019t our children more grateful?\u00a0\u00a0 Well, Barbara says, \u201cIt is simple because they, like us, are selfish.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>My daughter, Ashley, called me and said, \u201cMom, I have figured out what my problem is.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cOkay?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cIt is Daniel!\u201d\u00a0 I laughed\u2014Daniel was her 14-month-old, at the time\u2014and I said, \u201cOh!\u00a0 Why is Daniel the problem?\u201d She said, \u201cWell, I have realized that I have been\u2014when he fusses, I just pick him up to make him quiet because I can\u2019t stand all the noise.\u201d\u00a0 Well, the reason Daniel is her problem is because he was born selfish. He wants what he wants, when he wants it. 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Thanks for joining us on the Wednesday edition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Your kids were born grateful; weren\u2019t they, Bob?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was just going to say that was not very nice what your wife said. I mean, it is true\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Think about that! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014but it is not very nice. It\u2019s true!\u00a0 It is just not very nice to call our kids selfish, from the start\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>14 months old\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014but they are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014what a picture of selfishness. [Laughter] I mean, are they cute, and cuddly, and loveable, and all that\u2014but do they want what they want when they want it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They have to be taught how to be grateful, which is what we are going to spend some time unpacking this week. We have your wife joining us to do that\u2014Barbara, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob<\/strong>: Nice to have you here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is something that, for whatever reason\u2014this has been a passion of yours for years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I have thought a lot about gratitude. I think that a lot of it is born out of the fact that my children were not grateful, and it drove me crazy. [Laughter] It was a felt need!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You figured, \u201cI have got to fix this somehow\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Here she is\u2014a crazy woman coming on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>!\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It also ties to the fact that your favorite holiday of the year is Thanksgiving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That is right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You wrote a book, a number of years ago, that was the story of the Pilgrims coming to America\u2014<em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. What you tried to capture in that book was the remarkable story of a people who were grateful, in spite of incredible hardships. 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Yet, they expressed gratitude; and we have everything, and we complain all the time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis<\/strong>: We make the story of the <em>Mayflower<\/em> and the Pilgrims coming over to America\u2014it\u2019s such a story book. But the thing I liked about what Barbara did in her book\u2014and by the way, if you don\u2019t have <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>, I just want to tell every family listening\u2014you need to get this and read it for your kids because the very thing we are talking about here is spelled out in the book. It will take you into kind of the below deck in the <em>Mayflower,<\/em> where it was a stench\u2014I mean, people throwing up and all sorts of other things. I mean, it wasn\u2019t this storybook, happily\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It wasn\u2019t pretty. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis<\/strong>: It wasn\u2019t!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara<\/strong>: And it wasn\u2019t comfortable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis<\/strong>: Our kids need to realize that our freedom here, as a country, came out of great pain, sacrifice, and turmoil. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob<\/strong>: Well, you have designed a new resource for families this year, at Thanksgiving, that you are hoping will reinforce this theme of gratitude; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I am. I believe that one of the best teachers for children is hearing stories. So, we have come up with a one-week series of devotions to be read to children that are stories of gratitude and how people\u2014different people\u2014have expressed gratitude in their lives over different situations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe idea is\u2014if you are talking to your kids about gratitude every day for seven days, maybe it will stick a little bit. It is not going to transform their lives, but maybe it will stick a little bit. And it will give you an opportunity to talk with your kids about why it is so important to give thanks in everything. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, today we are going to hear the first part of a message you shared with a number of moms, talking about how you cultivate a heart of gratitude in your children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Even though I love the reason for the Christmas season\u2014I love a lot of things about Christmas\u2014Thanksgiving really and truly is my favorite holiday. I love the fall season. I love Thanksgiving because it is a time for family, and it is uncluttered by a lot of the stress of the Christmas season. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI also love Thanksgiving season because it calls us to practice a biblical command that we don\u2019t do nearly often enough\u2014especially in America\u2014and that is to give thanks. In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, it says this: \u201cIn everything, give thanks for this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus.\u201d\u00a0 It is a command; and it says, \u201cIn everything give thanks.\u201d\u00a0 That is pretty hard to do; isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 It is pretty hard to give thanks in a lot of things in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, we are going to talk about why we should give thanks and how we can improve our gratitude quotient. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen my kids were growing up, I began to read them stories in the Thanksgiving holiday about the Pilgrims. I was a history major in college, and I wanted my kids to know the truth about the beginning days of our country. I wanted them to know the true facts about our Christian heritage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I began reading them little stories that I would find here and there about the Pilgrims and about the founding of our country; but I also wanted my kids to become thankful. I wanted them to focus on something besides football and food at Thanksgiving. So, I began to teach my kids to be grateful and to talk about what they were thankful for. In the early days, when my kids were still really little, I would pull out ruled notebook paper, or construction paper, or whatever we would find. I would have them practice, on Thanksgiving Day, writing what they were thankful for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, as I began to find more and more of these stories, I began to read them. Here is one of the ones that my kids loved the best\u2014it starts like this: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe <em>Mayflower<\/em>, a small wooden ship with billowing sails, was the vessel that God used to bring a group of Christian believers to an unseen land far over the Atlantic. These Christian men and women, called Pilgrims, believed that God was leading them to establish a new community where they could worship freely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs Americans, we celebrate Thanksgiving every year because of the profound faith and uncommon courage of these English men and women. And it is good for us to read their stories and to hear what they did and to hear how they believed God because it will inspire us to be courageous as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, in September of 1620, after enduring many delays and difficulties, these Pilgrims finally said their last goodbyes and boarded the <em>Mayflower<\/em> and set sail for the New World. The food was terrible\u2014brine-soaked beef and pork in salt. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe rooms for passengers were crowded and below deck. Conditions were miserable\u2014cramped quarters \/ seasick people vomiting into pails, if they were able to find a pail in time. A foul mixture of odors grew in such an environment.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThose kinds of stories of the deprivation and the difficulties that they went through really helped my kids to be grateful because, all of a sudden, as they listened to this story and they listened to these conditions, it made them realize how much they had and how much they had to be grateful for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, I want to give you three things for why we struggle with gratitude\u2014\u201cWhy do we, as people struggle, with having gratitude?\u201d\u00a0 I think the first reason is because we have so much. Our prosperity is breeding a nation of ungrateful people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSecondly, I think we are ungrateful because, by nature, we are just selfish. We are born that way. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy nature, we all want what we want when we want it. We want to control our own lives. We believe we are entitled to so much; and when we don\u2019t get what we want, we complain about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy daughter, Ashley, called me last spring and said\u2014I picked up the phone, and she said, \u201cMom, I have figured out what my problem is.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cOkay?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cIt is Daniel;\u201d and I laughed\u2014Daniel was her 14-month-old, at the time\u2014and I said, \u201cOh!\u00a0 Why is Daniel the problem?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cWell\u201d\u2014she said\u2014\u201cI think he\u2019s the one that is driving me crazy.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, she began to talk about how\u2014she said\u2014\u201cI know he has got allergies, and I know he is the last one\u2014so, he has to be louder to be heard,\u201d\u2014she has five boys, by the way. So, she said: \u201cI realized that I have been\u2014when he fusses, I just pick him up to make him quiet because I can\u2019t stand all the noise, and I need a break. So, rather than training him to wait or be patient.\u201d She said: \u201cI just pick him up. I realized that he is running my life, and he is my problem.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, the reason Daniel is her problem is because he was born selfish. He wants what he wants when he wants it. And it is our job, as parents, to train our children to be grateful.\u00a0 They are not born naturally grateful, and neither are we.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the third reason, I think, gratitude is difficult\u2014why it is so hard for us to be grateful, as people\u2014is because we are often disappointed in life. Things don\u2019t work out the way we would like for them to\u2014and it makes us sad, makes us disappointed, and it causes us to be ungrateful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis came home to our family in a real dramatic way when our daughter, Rebecca, who is my fourth child, had a little girl named Molly. Molly only lived seven days. In the midst of those seven days of Molly\u2019s life, I realized how important it was to give thanks for everything because God is in control and we are not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was <em>nothing<\/em> we could do for little Molly \/ there was nothing the doctors could do for little Molly. And we were left knowing that we had no other choice but to give thanks to God and to take from His hand what He had given us\u2014what He had given them\u2014and what He had given us, as a family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat is the attitude that the Pilgrims had. They suffered much, but they knew that God was in control. They took what God gave them with great gratitude. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have to say that\u2014while giving thanks to God in that week of Molly\u2019s life wasn\u2019t really difficult for me\u2014and I can\u2019t explain it except that I had no other choice\u2014complaining would have changed nothing. It wasn\u2019t what my daughter needed \/ it wasn\u2019t what my son-in-law needed. And there just wasn\u2019t any other choice but to give thanks to God for what He was doing, even though we didn\u2019t understand it and we didn\u2019t like it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I think being grateful is hard for us because we are naturally selfish, and because we have so much and expect so much, but also, because we are often disappointed in life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe don\u2019t like being disappointed\u2014it doesn\u2019t fit our plan. It is not what we had in mind. And so, our tendency\u2014our natural inborn tendency\u2014is to complain and to gripe instead of giving thanks. But God calls us to be a grateful people and to take everything from His hand with thanksgiving.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, why is gratitude so important?\u00a0 I have three reasons for this as well. First of all, gratitude is important because, at its core, gratitude is a heart that trusts God. It is an expression of faith in Him. There is a verse that I wonder how many of you know, and it goes like this: \u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing.\u201d\u00a0 How many of you know that verse?\u2014grumbling means murmuring in discontent. It means arguing. It means disputing. It means disagreeing with.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, I want to show you what it looks like. We have a wall of children\u2019s photographs at our office. And this photograph is my very favorite\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014partly because it looks a lot like my grandson \/ but partly because it really is an image of what I do so often in my heart toward God. And this is the photograph. [Laughter]\u00a0 Don\u2019t you love it? I just keep looking at this little guy\u2014and his little furrowed brow and his squinty eyes\u2014and you can just see he is just stomping his feet at the same time. But this is a picture of what griping and complaining looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow many of you have seen it in your house more times than you would like?\u00a0 And while we think this picture is really cute and this little guy is just adorable in the photograph, it is not so cute when it is your child. It is not so cute when he is doing this to you; is it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt makes me wonder: \u201cWhat must God feel when I do this to Him\u2014when I cross my arms, and I furrow my brow, and I stomp my foot at Him and say: \u2018That\u2019s not what I wanted in life!\u00a0 That is not the way I wanted it to be!\u2019\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe, I don\u2019t do it so physically and dramatically\u2014maybe, in my heart, I am just unhappy and I am not grateful. You don\u2019t have to do this and stomp your feet. You can be ungrateful in your heart and not express thanksgiving to God. I don\u2019t think God likes it with us any more than we like it with our children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPhilippians 2:4\u2014the verse I just quoted\u2014\u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing,\u201d is a verse that I make my kids memorize. I thought, if I got them to memorize the verse, it would cure some of the griping and complaining in their lives; but it didn\u2019t work. It wasn\u2019t the miracle cure I hoped for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI realized that the reason why is because gratitude is a choice. They were choosing to complain and gripe. They were choosing to be upset about the way things were. Being thankful is a matter of the will. It is a matter of obedience. It is a muscle that needs to be exercised in our hearts. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur hearts choose thankfulness or they choose complaining. So, even though I had my kids memorize the verse, it was still their choice\u2014if they were going to complain and gripe or if they were going to be thankful. And the same is true for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSecondly, gratitude is so important because God commands us to be grateful and to express thanksgiving to Him. Ephesians 5:20 says, \u201c\u2026always giving thanks for all things in the name of Jesus Christ.\u201d\u00a0 It says, \u201calways\u201d\u2014not just when we feel like it \/ not when it feels good and circumstances are the way I want them to be\u2014but always. Always covers <em>everything<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, it says in that verse, \u201cfor all things\u201d\u2014not just the good things \/ not just the pleasant things\u2014but the things we may not like, the thing we don\u2019t understand, the things that are difficult and hard and disappointing. God <em>wants <\/em>us to give thanks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhy does He want us to give thanks?\u00a0 Because it expresses faith in <em>Him <\/em>that He knows what He is doing and that He always acts in good toward us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHis intentions are <em>always<\/em> good\u2014they are always kind \/ they are always loving. So, everything He gives us\u2014everything He allows into our lives\u2014is because He loves us. He wants us to trust Him and say, \u201cThank you, Father, for what You are doing and for what You are allowing in my life.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, third\u2014because God regards complaining as a serious offense. In the book of Numbers, Chapters 13 and 14, there is the story of the Israelites and how the Israelites did not believe God but instead complained against Him. They chose fear instead of faith, and they rebelled against Him. As a result, God allowed them to wander in the wilderness for forty years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wrote about this in my book, too, in a section titled, \u201cThe Difference Between Grumbling and Gratitude\u201d: \u201cDoes it ever seem surprising to you that God made the Israelites wander in the wilderness for forty years because they grumbled?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnybody think that?\u2014that has always puzzled me. Grumbling just seems like such a minor offense compared with murder and some of these bad things. Why would God make them wander for forty years for just complaining?\u00a0 I mean\u2014really. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy kids may have spent thirty minutes in their room for complaining\u2014but forty years?\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 What a severe discipline. Ouch!\u00a0 It seems really harsh to us from our perspective; doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0\u00a0 Clearly, God is not pleased with grumbling. It does not make Him happy to hear his children to complain constantly.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBeing grateful is a choice. It is not a feeling dependent on our circumstances, as we clearly see in the Pilgrims\u2019 lives. They believed that God was in control\u2014\u201cProvidence\u201d they called it. They responded to the circumstances of their lives with the perspective that said, \u201cGod has allowed this for our good.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJohn Piper has said this: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cGratitude is past-oriented dependence, and faith is future-oriented dependence. Both forms of dependence are humble, self-forgetting, and God-exalting. If we do not believe that we are deeply dependent on God for all that we have or hope to have, then, the very spring of gratitude and of faith runs dry.\u201d\u00a0 You see, they\u2019re connected. If we are not grateful, then, we are not expressing faith\u2014they go together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGratitude is an expression of faith in God, and who He is, and what He is allowing in our lives. Grumbling is evil because it says my wishes and my desires are more important than God\u2019s wishes and God\u2019s desires. That is why God punished the people of Israel for forty years because their intentions were: \u201cI want my way. I want what I want \/ I don\u2019t want what You want.\u201d\u00a0 And He had to make an example of them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt even says in 1 Corinthians that they are an example to us of how God feels about grumbling and complaining. Grumbling is a complete lack of faith in God\u2019s providence and His goodness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, we have been listening today to the first part of a message from Barbara Rainey, speaking to a group of moms on the subject of gratitude. It is interesting, to me, how seriously grumbling is taken in the Bible. We tend to think of it as kind of one of those little sins; and we excuse it in our own lives and in the lives of our kids. God doesn\u2019t just turn away from grumbling\u2014He addresses it, head on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, and you know, that is one of the things about the story that has always been so stunning to me\u2014that God made the Israelites wander for forty years because they complained. I think about my perspective on grumbling\u2014and I may have sent my kids to their room for thirty minutes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut forty years is a pretty dramatic judgment on something that we take so lightly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The habit of grumbling is an easy one to fall into, again, because it is a part of our sin nature\u2014and a hard one to break; isn\u2019t it? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara<\/strong>: Yes, it really is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u00a0You know, as Barbara was talking, I was thinking, \u201cI wonder what <em>Webster\u2019s Dictionary<\/em> has to say about grumbling?\u201d\u00a0 So, I grabbed it off the shelf here\u2014and it says, \u201cGrumble: to mutter in discontent.\u201d\u00a0 When we gripe, and grumble, and complain, what are we ultimately saying?\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t like my circumstances. I do not like the lot I have been given.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhether we are children or adults, I think we have to be called away from grumbling, and griping, and complaining to the concept of contentment and resting in the fact that there is a God, and He is in charge, and we are not. We can\u2019t always dictate what our circumstances are\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we are not in control. We have to learn this lesson.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. It\u2019s one of the reasons, Barbara, that you put in your Every Thine Home<em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> catalog this chalkboard\u2014that we\u2019ve talked about, here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\u2014that is in the shape of a house. At the top, it says, \u201cIn this home we give thanks for.\u201d There is a place for people to write down what they are thankful for so that you can start focusing on the things you are grateful for\u2014and you can teach your kids to do the same thing\u2014and you can write it down and have it hanging in your home. Every day, ask, \u201cWhat are you thankful for today?\u201d You erase what was on there yesterday and write something new for today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would really encourage our listeners: \u201cIf you\u2019ve not seen some of the resources Barbara has been developing for the Thanksgiving holiday \/ for Christmas\u2014for use year- round\u2014you can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. If you click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen, where it says, \u2018GO DEEPER,\u2019 that will take you right to an area where you can click on and find out more about everything Barbara has been working on\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014the chalkboard \/ the \u201cWritten and Remembered\u201d resource that can be used at Thanksgiving \/ the \u201cGathered Round\u201d\u2014the wreath that can be displayed in your home.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s all available when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d Then, click the link for Ever Thine Home and find out all that Barbara has been working on. Or if you have any questions about the resources you see online, call 1-800-FL-TODAY, 1-800-358-6329. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tKeep in mind that Barbara has written a book about Thanksgiving called <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>. We have copies of the book available\u2014both as a hardcover book and as an audio book. You can look for more information about those resources on our website at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you are interested in the Thanksgiving book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s one other resource that you\u2019ve developed, Barbara\u2014that a lot of families are using at Thanksgiving. It\u2019s a spool that has napkin wraps on it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEach wrap has a question. So, you wrap up the napkins at Thanksgiving; and then, when you untie the napkins, there is a question there. As a part of your Thanksgiving meal, you can answer the questions that you\u2019ve untied here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I mention it because, this month, we are making these napkin wraps available to anyone who can help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> with a donation. We are listener-supported. The cost of all that we do, here at FamilyLife, is covered by folks, like you, who make donations to support this ministry\u2014keep us on this local radio station \/ keep us syndicating our program all around the world via the internet. All that we do, here at FamilyLife, is made possible because of folks, like you, who donate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you can help us today, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, where it says, \u201cI Care,\u201d and you can make an online donation. Or you can call1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you do that, ask for the napkin wraps; and we\u2019ll get those sent to you. Or you can request the napkin wraps when you mail a donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBox 7111, Little Rock, AR. And our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to talk about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. We\u2019ll find out how the Raineys have celebrated that, as a family, over the years. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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