No Whining

This week as I have studied 1 Nephi 16-22 I have really been struck by Nephi's unyeilding faith and determination. He and his family continue their journey, he breaks his bow, they're starving and everyone starts complaining, A LOT, "even unto complaining against the Lord their God." His response is exactly who I want to be...he goes out and finds the materials to make a new bow and arrow. He arms himself with his newly made weapon and with a sling and stones and says in essence which way do I go to hunt? While everyone else is wasting energy whining, he gets up and does something about it. I LOVE THAT! The Lord tells him to build a ship, he doesn't even say "You want me to do what? Are you sure? I mean, I'm a landlubber, I've never made a ship before. Are you sure you want me to do this?" He doesn't question or whine or say "but do you know how long it's going to take to build a ship?", he simply responds with inquiries of where he can go to get the stuff to make tools suitable for the job. His brothers mock him, threaten to murder him, and still he doesn't lose faith. He completes the task (and I love that even Laman and Lemuel comment that it turns out to be better than a very good ship), they embark on their trip across the ocean and Nephi is tied up and left to die. After four days of being tied up and left to die in a raging storm his brothers come to their senses and let him go. He doesn't even complain! He prays expressing his gratitude and then immediately does what...goes back to work. In all these instances Nephi never whines, he just trusts in the Lord and goes to work. I want to be like Nephi!