on thorns and roses.

DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT
THORNS AMONG ROSES;
BE GRATEFUL FOR
ROSES AMONG THORNS.

1) Remember that your troubles did not take God by surprise. He is still in control.

2) Believe that God has a solution, a provision, or a gift of wisdom to match your difficulty.

3) Pray, affirming your faith in God and expressing your confidence in His loving purpose for you.

4) Wait with expectancy and availability, trusting God to work out His perfect will.

5) Praise Him - even before He acts.

"This alternative to complaining gives God an opportunity to work creatively, both in us and in our circumstances. Best of all, even if circumstances don't change, He uses them to change US."