Third week of Lent

“And do not grumble, as some of them did – and were killed by the destroying angel.” 1 Corinthians 10:10

Guilty as charged.
I frequently catch myself bellyaching about this, that and the other thing.
And I have been trying to train myself to count my blessings every day – albeit with varying degrees of success – since Lenten seasons past.
But I do accept that living within the framework God has set out for us in the Bible is a constant, daily effort.
And the effort is worth it.
I’m not sure whether it’s the final stage of winter or something else but the mood where I work is pretty glum and that can be contagious.
There is a controversy over city hall’s decision to deny an atheist’s group request to plaster city buses with messages asserting there is “probably” no God (non-believers often ask me for proof, so why shouldn’t I expect the same from them?) and that we should just get on with “enjoying” our lives.
I read two falsehoods in this assertion:
The first questions whether there really is a God who created what many scientists openly acknowledge to be a statistically impossible cosmic fluke (life on Earth).
The second part of the assertion implies that since we are here by virtue of an almost impossible fluke we are not bound by the kill-joy rules of this probably fictitious God.
Therefore, according to this flimsy logic, the disciplines urged in this God’s users’ manual for life – the Bible – such as don’t kill each other, be faithful to your spouse, and the Golden Rule (do to others what you would have them do to you Matthew 7:12) are a real drag.
I would like to see their proof that God does not exist because I’m afraid that their assertion of probability does not stand up to scientific scrutiny.
I do have a pretty good idea of what our community would look like if the moral relativism and no-holds barred lifestyle they advocate were to take an even deeper root in our society.
We would certainly have reason to grumble then. But turning our back on God, could we be justified in expecting Him to listen then?