Magnificent Life

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed to us." Romans 8:18 When something is wrong in our lives, it's natural to want to complain about it. We want to share our misery with someone and have them commiserate with us and forget that every stage of life has a purpose. But does complaining actually make us feel any better? According to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, the answer is no. On the contrary, complaining only makes people more miserable. The study participants were asked to keep a journal for two weeks. Then, every day, they were asked to write about either a positive or negative event that had happened that day. The people who wrote about negative events felt worse than those who wrote about positive ones. Interestingly, the people who wrote about more negative events also complained more than those who wrote about fewer negative events. Psalm 78:32 says, "Despite all this, they continued sinning;