Yesterday I mentioned one of Cara’s songs – Who Else – and one of the lyrics: “I’ll shut my mouth now.” If you haven’t heard the song yet, you can listen to a clip on iTunes or CDBaby.

The reason that I like this song so much is that the lyrics for that line come from a verse in the Bible in the book of Job. The verse comes at the very end of the book, after Job has already lost everything he has, and he is bitter, angry and complaining. And then God shows up. And Job realizes that all his complaints and whining are nothing when he is confronted with God.

This is a good reminder to me – I so often want to complain or moan (even sometimes it may be for a good reason!) But it’s helpful at those times for me to remember that God is real and He is looking out for my best. And to remind myself to just shut my mouth.