Exodus 16:2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
I can so empathize with the Israelites in this passage. How many times have I taken this attitude in my own life? “Lord, Things are fine! Why do they have to change? I don’t want them to change. I don’t like change. I understand where I am right now. I know what to expect. I don’t want to have to figure out the unknown.”
Exodus 16:3a The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!…
As I am typing this reflection, God has brought to mind the end of my first year of teaching. I was miserable, but I would have stayed because it had become familiar. But God said to trust, and I did, albeit kicking and screaming. And 14 interviews later, I ended up here, where I met my husband, started a family, have taught so many wonderful young people, have made so many dear friends.
Exodus 16:3b …There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted…
Lord, You have shown me again and again that I can trust You, that You will provide, that You will make a way for me. Forgive me that trust is still so hard. Help me, when I am afraid, to remember all the times that You have provided for me daily, even when my path was uncertain. If I cannot fully conquer my fears, then help me to trust You in spite of them. Amen.
Exodus 16:3c …but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”
Have a blessed day.