Choose not to complain ... and give thanks

Thankful thoughts and godly thoughts will change your day.
“Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make know his deeds among the peoples.” 1 Chronicles 16:8
“Complaining not only ruins everybody else’s day, it ruins the complainer’s day, too. The more we complain, the more unhappy we get.” (Dennis Prager)
The focus of our thoughts will affect our day and those around us.  When you slip into the quagmire of complaining, your day, your life and the life of those around you will quickly slide down the slippery slope of gloom, into the concentration camp of negativity.
God understands that complaining leads to destruction, so, in one form or another, he told us over 100 times in the Bible to give thanks. Not just give thanks as in have happy thoughts, but give thanks to the Lord. 
We are to give thanks for His deeds. Honestly think about what God has done for you as well as your family. Our mind often rushes to earthly things. Thanks for the food we have. Thanks for the house we live in. Thanks for the beautiful day.  Thanks for the flowers, the birds, and a plethora of other things we see. Yet, there are many people who have a shortage of food, or there has not been enough water for the flowers to grow. 
When we give thanks for His deeds, start with the items that are unchangeably good. Thank God for His work of salvation. Salvation is a gift from God. It is not based on anything we have done; it is all the work (deeds) of a gracious God.  Give thanks that God is watching over us. God knows when a sparrow dies, he takes care of the lilies in the field which are here today and tomorrow thrown into the fire. He will take care of us because we have greater value in Christ.  We were created in the image of God.  Nothing that God created has that claim, only humanity.
Thank him for sending his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to live a sinless life and willingly go to the cross as a ransom for us from the wrath of God resulting from sin.
Thank Jesus for the promise of sending the Holy Spirit to live in all believers as a guide, teaching us all truth and being an ever-present comforter. 
Let's take advice from Solomon, the wisest man ever, who said, “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones,” (Proverbs 17:22) and choose not to complain.