exhausting

“If you have nothing nice to say, then do not say anything at all.”  This is a phrase that I have heard over and over in my childhood.  I wasn’t the best at it, and I still can not say that I to this day that I am.  But I try, and I promise to keep trying and try harder.  I do not mean for this to be a rant, and I apologize if it turns into one.

Lately, negativity has been wearing me down to no end, it is exhausting.  I hear so many people complain, gossiping, tell me things will not go right, that planning has been a waste or that things will not go successfully.  People this is exhausting!!

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)  I know I need to try not to let this negativity bother me, but instead turn to the Lord, easier said than done.  Also I feel like the Lord is laying this pessimism out right in front of me to point out just how ugly and destructive it is, to pull me away from it.  I see this brokenness in others and it is foul, but I know that this bitterness also lives in my heart.  Maybe this is the way that the Lord is making it clear to me to turn from this negativity and turn to Him.  We have so much to be thankful for yet we chose to bring down others, complain, moan and pity the little things.  Today I encourage you to bite your tongue.  “If you have nothing nice to say, then do not say anything at all.”  And I will strive to do the same.