greener grass

  Whine.  Complain.  Moan.  Groan.  I'm disappointed in the Isrealites when I read about them.  They just didn't get it.  God got them out of a terrible situation, yet it doesn't take them long to launch into a tirade of complaints about their new set of circumstances.  Not only that, they look back with rose colored glasses and want to return to some of the worst days of their lives.

At one point they are wailing about their current menu. They are actually weeping.   They are bending Moses' ear saying, "If only we had meat to eat!  We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions and the garlic...."

And let's not forget the slavery.

Whine. Complain. Moan. Groan.  I'm disappointed in myself when I see how I act.  I just don't get it.  God gets me out of a terrible situation, yet it doesn't take me long to launch into a tirade of complaints about my new set of circumstances.  Not only that, I look back with rose colored glasses and want to return to some of the worst days of my life.

Lord, where I am now is where you want me to be.  There's no need to return and live in the past.  The slavery is over; what you've given me now is so much better.  Please remind me of that when I look back and see only greener grass - help me to remember that there was also a weed or two.