Manna

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Manna: the very sustenance nourishing the Israelites.  They were to collect just enough for the day ahead. Collecting excess would result in an ugly, smelly mess! Don’t I sometime, in a hurry or having too much to do, forego a gathering of “manna” (the Holy Spirit) in my morning, become that day-old manna: rotting, stinking and disgusting: to my Lord, to my husband, to my children, to my neighbors, friends, family. My spirit was designed to need replenishment every morning just as the Israelites had to gather their manna every morning. The Israelites did not lack anything as long as they admitted that they needed to go through this act every day. As I will not lack anything when I humbly approach my Lord asking for a filling of His Spirit daily.

1.     Boisterous one darting through the hallway after bedtime

2.     “Payback” on a bike ride hill

3.     Boisterous one “reading” the Bible

4.     Rocking chairs roll back and forth

5.     Running in the rain

6.     My Helper: God’s Holy Spirit

7.     Evening bike ride

8.     Sunglasses

9.     Smiles of passerbyers on the trail

10. Rhubarb, tart and tangy

11. Streusel

12. Piano Duets

13. Trumpet

14. Whirling breeze of ceiling fan at bedtime

15. Watching the Calculated blossom into the person God created her to be

16. Never being finished reading the Bible

17. Listening to the boisterous one quote scripture

18. Playing teacher

19. God directing steps