When we praise the Lord with a heart full of thankfulness…we rise.  We rise above our circumstances, we rise above the current pain, and we rise above our negative emotions.  But when we just complain to the Lord…we remain.  We remain stagnant in the mess around us, and we remain unhappy…wallowing in self-pity.  Now that’s not saying we can’t ever complain to the Lord…Jeremiah and Habakkuk did for a few…but in the end they turned their protests into praise.  That’s because they looked beyond their griping and grumbling to the bigger picture of gratitude.  When we praise, we rise…but when we complain, we remain.