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We Don’t Need to Struggle Alone

But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. Exodus 17:12 At the…
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God for President

They tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” Exodus 17:7 As you know, it’s an election year – a time when we must endure all-too-frequent campaign commercials, promising that a candidate will do what we want. They campaign, making promises, because to get where they want to go, they need…
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Every Day for the Rest of My Life?

The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan. Exodus 16:35 The first two times I went through out-patient treatment, I was required to put together a Relapse Prevention Plan. To graduate from…
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Who Would Do That?

On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?” Exodus 16:27-28 Occasionally, while traveling, I’ve seen people at the airport pushing their way through security, running for the gate, trying…
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Skipping Church

This is what the LORD has commanded: “Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD.” Exodus 16:23 I mentioned recently that my wife and I are adding living space to an old garage, doing most of the work ourselves. It’s intended to be a temporary living arrangement for us, but…
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If One is Good . . .

And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the morning.” But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. Exodus 16:19-20 With some medications, like opioids, tolerance is expected. The body and brain of the one taking…
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Parenting is Hard

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.” Exodus 16:4 I can’t imagine what I put my parents through…
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We Do it for a Reason

And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for…
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Growing Up in My Marriage

There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of…
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Complain or Pray

When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” Exodus 15:23-24 My wife and I are wannabe do-it-yourselfers, currently working on adding living space into an old garage. We’re probably in…
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