Take Me Back to Egypt Moses!

Reuters news has published an article that talks about Russians, largely elderly people who remember WWII. In a recent russian tv poll Stalin was considered the third most important historical figure in Russian history .. he certainly is one of its most controversial. There are those who see him as the great liberator, who kept Hitler from conquering Russia, and putting the first spacecraft in space and keeping the peace; however on the other side are those who suffered greatly from his iron-fisted rule and those who remember 27million Soviet citizens died because of him. Let me say that this article reminded me of Exodus 16:3 'The Israelites said to them, 'If only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.' It is sometimes easier to remember the 'good old days,' [for we are prone to romanticize them and forget the struggles] than it is to have faith in the future. Perhaps those who remember Stalin as a hero never suffered because of him or his policies? Make me wonder what I've romanticized about the past that also bit me, and I'm comparing my present circumstances by the past rather than faith in what the future holds? Our presence economical, social and religious climate certainly point me more towards the past than the future.