Complaining against God occurs mostly with people who are haughty or foolish.
Complaining against God occurs mostly with people who are haughty or foolish.
Whatever might happen to us does not happen without God’s permission, as said by the Righteous Job: as it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass (Job 1:21). And therefore like him we must endure unpleasant experiences in life and restrain ourselves from complaining, and not say: “Why is it this way, and not that way?”
St. Anthony of Optina
