The people complained in their wilderness. Do I allow my circumstances to reveal what I am really saying about what God has done or not done?
COME BOLDLY: Timeless Prayers
Oh Father, I desire to find that quiet life where the noise people make in my ears will not affect me. Where the damage people do to my soul will not destroy me. Where the distance people create will not define me. God, Thank You for quieting my soul. Psalm 123
PHOTO: My good friend, the art teacher, painted this picture in 15 minutes in Chapel. She actually painted it vertically then turned it horizontally when she was finished. So poignant. Jesus paid a price for us to truly live. I must learn to live. Live that quiet life apart from the noise.
A Grumpy Gazillion
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Bad moods are contagious.
Help us to keep our negative stuff to ourselves, Lord. To bring our trials, disappointments to You.
Spurgeon said, “The gift of grumbling is largely dispensed among those who have no other talents.” Hmmm.
Complaining stems from unbelief.
Do we know He is taking care of us, seeing us through? Do we believe His Hand is long enough to reach in and save us?
And Moses wasn't very happy either. What was he to do with this complaining, pathetic lot? He took his disappointment to The Lord.
"Is the Lord's hand shortened?" Watch and see, Moses. Watch and see, Pearls.
Deut. 8:7-9 "For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.…"
Pearls, have you seen this site? It's one of my favorites for a lot of commentaries in one spot. http://preceptaustin.org/numbers_commentaries.htm
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