the Journey.. 1 day and 40 years

"It took one day and a night to get the Israelites out of Egypt but it took 40 years to get Egypt out of the Israelites


Wow.. what a thought.. as a child growing up in the church we were taught that the 40 years was because of disobedience  and it was.. but the why was never discussed..  why did they disobey?
Maybe as this quote mentions it was because there was so much Egypt in them..

My Christian journey has never been the easy, clean, stay the path kind of journey.. I'm more like the Israelites than I would care to admit. slip a little here wander a bit over there and come back ask for forgiveness and keep striving.. But I'm moving forward in that journey..

What about you?   Where are you on this journey?  to the wayside for a bit? wandering after the bauble that is dangled over there on the edge of the path? Just out of your reach but it looks so good?

Or are you like the Israelites in that you keep saying it was better in Egypt.. Sometimes it seems that we remember the days of old with Crimson colored filters.  it was all better then.. But it wasn't..

 WE WERE SLAVES.

Do you really remember what it was like when you did not have a relationship with Christ?
The sorrow, the listlessness, the vague unsettling feeling that there has to be more? This cannot be all there is. Can it? and yet many times we romanticize the past to the point that it sounds good.. very good.. and tempts us to go back..

So if your in a hard spot.. grinding along wondering why you struggle with these things (whatever they are).. Maybe your dealing with your Egypt.  and sometimes the journey is long.. and sometimes you keep going to the same places... But you will succeed.. you will make it to the Promised land..

"It took one day and a night to get the Israelites out of Egypt but it took 40 years to get Egypt out of the Israelites

We are like a gemstone.. when one is found it is not pretty.. it is rough, dirty, and has all kinds of other stuff in it, around it and on it.. but when the Master jeweler takes it and spends hours of time polishing, grinding, cleaning ,removing  it eventually shines.. and becomes a thing of great beauty..

Its a Journey...