Faithless Complaints

 

For Lent, I’m studying the book of Exodus. Funny how the complaints of the Israelites sound a lot like complaints I hear about the coronavirus.

 

“The leaders are clueless.”
“How can we be expected to make do?”
“We’re gonna die!”

I’m intrigued by this description of the complainers, in the poetic part of the Old Testament:

Psalm 78: 57 (NIV)
Like their ancestors they were disloyal
and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.

I don’t want to be a faulty bow.

Dear Lord, shut down my faithless complaints.
I want to be on-target, faithful and loyal to You,
in Jesus’ name.

 

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3 Responses to Faithless Complaints

  1. Oh, my dear, we’re gonna die,
    and someone must be blamed!
    Never apple of our eyes,
    now they should be shamed
    for the lack of crystal ball
    or tarot cards that really worked
    to tell the final sum of all
    the dangers that we now see lurked
    behind our doors of ignorance
    (but we’ll call it their careless sloth)
    and we’ll indulge in petulance;
    better that than pledge our troth
    to those in charge, duly elected
    by people whom we’ve disrespected.

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