“Are we there yet?” “How long is this trip?” “My feet hurt.” “I’m hungry.”
“I’m thirsty.” “I’m tired of manna for breakfast.” “Stop touching me.”
I’m not sure how Moses and Aaron put up with 40 years of wilderness
travel complaints. We all need our grievances to be heard and
acknowledged. Too much complaining, though, wears down those seeking
to do right by us. There is a fine line between needing to be heard and
being a negative and destructive burden.
God of the weary traveler, the road isn’t always easy or smooth and
we aren’t always easy to journey with. Help us honestly acknowledge
the difficulty of our road while also checking ourselves before we
burden others with complaints. Amen.