Tuesday, January 27, 2009

My Manna

I am an Israelite.

No sooner am I set free than I'm complaining about my manna.

As if His Daily Bread is too bland a blessing.

Food falling from the sky saves me from starvation, and still I'm not satisfied.

Pissing and moaning all the way to the Promised Land.

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Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands. Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

---Deuteronomy 8:2-3