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Posted on 09/30/2019 6:00:34 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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Bible in a Year : Isaiah 11–13; Ephesians 4
We have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna! Numbers 11:6 When Kerry and Paul got married, neither one knew how to cook. But one night Kerry decided to try her hand at spaghetti—making so much that the couple had it for dinner again the next day. On the third day, Paul volunteered to cook, doubling the amount of pasta and sauce, hoping the huge pot would last through the weekend. As the couple sat down for dinner that night, however, it was Kerry who confessed, “I’m sick of spaghetti.”
Just imagine eating the same meal as the Israelites did—for forty years. Each morning they gathered the sweet “super food” God supplied and cooked it (no leftovers unless the next day was the Sabbath, Exodus 16:23–26). Sure, they got creative—baking it, boiling it (v. 23). But, oh, how they missed the good food they had enjoyed in Egypt (v. 3; Numbers 11:1–9), even though that nourishment had come at the high cost of cruelty and enslavement!
We too may sometimes resent that our life isn’t what it once was. Or perhaps the “sameness” of life has caused us to be discontent. But Exodus 16 tells of God’s faithful provision to the Israelites, causing them to trust and depend on His care each day.
God promises to give us everything we need. He satisfies our longings and fills up our soul with “good things” (Psalm 107:9 esv).
In what ways has God provided for you in the past? What longing is keeping you from trusting Him more?
Father, thank You for Your promise to faithfully care for me and provide what I need.
Greetings everyone!
Just got home from a meeting, must shed all my stuff.
Be back soon!
*HUGS*
Hi Everybody!
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Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!
~ Road Trip: U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center, Alabama ~
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Hai Kathy! (((HUGS))) Just Hangin’ in Denver - heading out to dinner with some folks from the class. Orals went super, box time tomorrow.
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Howdy, lauren.
Anywhere close to recuperated from your wild weekend? LOL
Looked like y’all had quite a large time.
Howdy, PRO.
Did you get any of the crazy weather in your neck o’ da woods over the weekend?
We’re still dealing with July/August temps here. And still dry as a bone.
Thanks Lauren!
Howdy, radu!
Has it cooled off there at all? Any rain in the forecast? How is Bella after shot day?
I never thought I’d EVER be happy to be back in my area, but it’s actually cooler here. And it’s 37 in JH!!
We have plunged into Fall.
Within a week we went from mid-70 degrees and sunny to the 50's and cold and raining.
Son and I were going to attend the state fair here over last weekend but it turned cold and rainy, brrr.
It may be a brutal winter here but the cool now actually feels good.
You still in the moving process?
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