Complaint

Illustration★★

585. When a friend complained to Charles Lamb that the world seemed “drained of all its sweets,” Lamb replied: “Drained of its sweets? I don’t know what you mean. Are there not roses and violets still in the earth, and the sun and moon still reigning in heaven?”

The point

Charles Lamb pushed back on a friends complaint that the world had lost its sweetness by pointing to the roses, violets, and sun still around us.

Scripture

Lamentations 3:22-23Psalm 145:9James 1:17

Audience

Adults

Tone

Encouraging

To tell aloud

under a minute · 41 words

Subjects

Perspective Complaint Joy Contentment Gratitude

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