TuesdayJune 16, 2020

                     ____________________Numbers 11:23_

            

  

The 

Lord 

said to

Moses,

      " is  

   the 

 Lord’s

power limited? 

now you shall see 

whether my word will 

come true for youor not.”  

The people are fed up - 

they’re out wandering a-

round in the wilderness and 

they’ve forgotten their slavery 

in Egypt and are remembering all

the food they ate for "free" My com-

mentary by Jonathon Alter calls that 

“a striking instance of selective memory.” 

Which made me laugh! We're so good at 

that - Oh things were so good back when…

And God’s fed up too and has just said “OK 

you guys want meat? I’ll give you meat until it’s 

coming out of your nostrils!” and Moses says SAY 

WHAT? We are talking “600,000 males of the age 

of military conscription, multiplied through all of 

the ad-ditional female and minor mouths to 

feed. The incredulity expressed in the 

question indicates that even Moses 

cannot believe there is a way to 

provide mat for this 

vast populace.”

My verse 

follows that. Two

follow-ons from 2 of 

my daily readings that 

fit wehre we are today too: 

“It’s so tempting to want to stream

line and sanitize the journey of faith.” And  

from Forward Day by Day “Life is messy, and

it’s even messier together    But it’s also better.”