Please, don't retreat into muttering to yourself. Had I run into more people who muttered and grumbled aloud it would have spared me many a year in the wilderness.
Regards
Oh my!
Cronos knows. I will soon reach critical mass and explode again.
Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness and, though they sinned much, they received many graces. It is not wasted.
At least by the end of 40 years we should be able to admit that we are froward murmurers whose automatic response on the day that we hear His voice is to jam our fingers in our ears.
“Meribah? Massa? Never ‘eard of ‘em! Whoa! Where’d those burning snakes come from?”