Absurdity of Murmurers

Reading:   Exodus 16:1-10

"Discontent magnifies what is past, and vilifies what is present, without regard to truth or reason. None talk more absurdly than murmurers."   -Matthew Henry

EXODUS 16:2-3

2    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 

3    And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 

The Israelites have just walked through a 12,000 foot wall of water that crashed down upon their pursuing enemy and yet here they are, bitter, angry, and frustrated, that they have nothing to eat - what?  Henry is absolutely correct...people do indeed complain and murmur about the present, make grand the discontent of the past and ignore miracles altogether.

To quote a good friend of mine, Mr. Chuck Finley, these people are nothing but "...a bunch of whiny little [dogs of the female persuasion]!"  Moses and Aaron should be awarded their everlasting crowns of glory for their immense patience alone.

~Kipling