This is my third attempt at this post... I am only a little frustrated... ;+)
In Exodus we watch the people of Israel as they wander through the wilderness. They sort of remind me of some field trips I have taken...
We're Hungry! We're Thirsty! We gotta go potty... We would have been better off in Egypt...*Humpf* *Pout* *Stomp* *Whine*
In answer to every complaint, God provides. Food... Water... well... He wonders why they complain... He has said He will do something and then does it... repeatedly. What is wrong with these schmucks?
God, through Moses, has taken them out of what was known into a land unknown. They are definitely out of their comfort zone... and they are acting like spoiled children.
Yet, God provides. Perhaps if we are quiet long enough, we will notice how God has provided, for us?
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This is one of my favorite passages from Matthew.
At one time or another we have all been lost sheep. Too often there is no one who even notices that someone is missing. Occasionally, there is someone there to help you find the way... I am one of these lucky ones.
For the past 4 1/2 years I have had a wonderful woman in my life. When I went to Iraq in 2006, she looked after my house and affairs for me. When I came back, she was there to help me adjust to the "real world." Trust me, here... Iraq was so different from what I normally do... Adjustment was necessary.
She had all the cares that infest the day... kids, job, house, pets, the works. Still, she spent what little time she had with me... her gentle love and patience brought me home. She shepherded me.
God will do that also, if we let him...
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