“Everything about which we are tempted to complain may be the very instrument whereby the Potter intends to shape His clay into the image of His Son – a headache, an insult, a long line at the check-out, someone’s rudeness or failure to say thank you, misunderstanding, disappointment, interruption.”
Elizabeth Elliot, “Humdudgeon or Contentment?”, in Refresh my Heart: Meditations for Women
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Humdudgeon – a loud complaint about a small trifle
“One mother thought of an excellent antidote: all humdudgeons must be presented not orally but in writing, “of two hundred words or more.” There was a sudden marked reduction in whining and complaining.”
Elizabeth Elliot, “Humdudgeon or Contentment?”, in Refresh my Heart: Meditations for Women
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