I missed writing about day 4 here, but I did read it and think on it.  It was about the Burning Bush and Moses and paying attention.  That particular lesson to pay attention is something I’m working on and I think I’m on my way to understanding more of what that means for me and my future.

Day 5 is something I think I’ve got a mild handle on in the first place so I feel a little better.  I say “mild” because the reality is that I suffer from this from time to time.   The title in the devotional is “The Bread God Has Given” and if you haven’t guessed already it is the lesson from Exodus 16:9-16 where we meet Moses and Aaron (my namesake) as the people of Israel are complaining.

Mind you they had just broken free from Egypt and the horrifying slavery that they had endured.

Israel is a funny duck in the Old Testament at least to me.  You feel for God at times when you wonder why he hasn’t sent lightening bolts down on their at times wacky logical decisions.  And yet you realize when you take a moment that the Power of Love of God can be a blinding and powerful thing that cannot be stopped.  God loved (and still does) the people of the nation of Israel and despite all their pratfalls and stumbles He loved them unconditionally.  Mind you as The Old Testament God he was prone to punish those that deserved it so it was more of a tough love situation.

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