How often do I murmur?

As I was was reading in the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, i was reading in the First Book of Nephi Chapter 18 verse 16, This verse blew me away when i read it cause it made me ask the question how often do i murmur to the Lord for all the afflictions that i have, and to be completly honest, my afflictions are not as bad as Nephi had it in the Book of Mormon during this time.

So Nephi during the time in the Book of Mormon was commaded to build a ship so him and his family could sail accross to the Americas, His brothers Laman and Lemuel we giving him a hard time not supporting him and just giving him a hard time, just like we all encounter in our lives today. As time went on Nephi completes the ship and his family and him self start the sail to the Americas, Laman and Lemuel began to murmur themselfs and began to not listen to the commads of God, they were hardhearted. Nephi tried to help them out but they did not listen, Later on they come to be so wicked that they bound their brother Nephi, that made the Spirit of the Lord not be with them, which led them off the course to the Americas. They came to the conclusion that they needed to free their brother or they would all die in the depths of the Sea. Pretty scary time for the family, and such an easy time for them to murmur somemore to there Lord for making them go through this afflicition and hard times. But Nephi being the Faithful man that he was States in 1 Nephi 18:16; "Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and i did praise him all the day long; and i did not murmur against the Lord because of mine afflictions".

How amazing, Nephi being bound with cords by his brothers could have murmured against the Lord, But the faithful person he was, he did not. That truly humbled myself, I've faced stuggles in my life, we all have but reading about Nephi and that. Seeing how much he went through and he did not even give up or murmur once, that is a true Desiple of Chirst. How little i go through with the stuggles and afflictions, and how much i get angry, upset or even murmur to the Lord. I will now have a different perspective on my afflicitons, knowing that Nephi can overcome them without murmuring, I know i can. And i also know we all can. My challenge to all of you is to think about Nephi and his afflictions and then think about your afflictios, and ask yourself "How often do i Murmur?"

Always Nephi's example of being faithful and not murmuring, I will forever now be greatful for his example on that and not Murmuring against the Lord, during his afflicitons.