Bread from Heaven

Ex 16:13-23

The manna came as bread from heaven. Every morning, it was a promise from God.

It’s so easy for me to think, “How fortunate to receive such a blessing. No worries. Free food.”

Living in the present requires freedom from anxiety. Of course, nothing brings out anxiety like food.

Like the moments of our life, we try desperately to hold onto the good ones. With equal desperation, we try to escape the unpleasant as soon as possible. But the command is, “gather one omer per day per person” and “throw away the leftovers”.

THROW AWAY THE LEFTWOVERS?

Food. Moments in Time. It’s all so perishable. Must hold on.

Always the tendency to live in the past or the future. This is man’s first temptation. We succumb and only later do we realize that we’ve missed our life.

I do this no matter that God has always been faithful.

Stay in the moment. Stay in the moment.

“Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof”   “Now is the time of God’s favor. Now is the day of salvation.”