Worthless

“Thus says the LORD: What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from
me, and went after worthless things, and became worthless themselves?”

I’m thinking this is a rhetorical question. Most of the time when I wander away from
God, it’s because I’m doing something I don’t want to think about. I’ll get caught up
in something I find interesting or alluring and neglect my spirituality. It seems to be
different for other people. Something bad happens to them and they get angry and after a
while their anger turns to indifference.

I’ve heard some folks’ wanderings described as being like kittens chasing after a sequin
ball, which is, after all, pretty worthless. What worthless things do you go after? What
wrong did you find in God that you ran in the other direction? (Even if you’ve found your
way back home.)