When I picked up that lovely sand dollar this morning, my heart sang. It was the first unbroken one I have seen in the three weeks I've been here, if you don't count the one that was still green and too icky to touch.
I placed it in one of Evie's extra poop bags for safekeeping as we turned around and headed home.
After a while I stopped thinking about it, and as Evie was tugging, the bag slipped out from my gloved hand and fell to the ground below. The sand dollar was shattered and my heart fell.
For some reason, this suddenly reminded me of the story of God's provision of manna in the desert (Exodus Chapter 16). His people were hungry and grumbled against God as they made their escape from Egypt through the desert and to the promised land.
The people complained to their leader Moses, and He went to God who said he would provide food from heaven (it was white, like coriander seed, and tasted like wafers made with honey.)
God's people were told to gather it so that each one in the household tent had enough to eat. But, "Let no one keep any of it over until tomorrow morning," Moses warned.
Those who did not listen to him found it became rotten and wormy over night. And God was not pleased with them.
On the sixth day the people were to gather two-days worth so that they could rest on the Sabbath.
In this way, the Lord provided for his people for forty years in the desert and taught them to rely on Him each day for their sustenance.
So, instead of worrying about my predicament now, I will quell my fears and take it a day at a time, trusting in the Lord to provide.
Love,
Ronda
I placed it in one of Evie's extra poop bags for safekeeping as we turned around and headed home.
After a while I stopped thinking about it, and as Evie was tugging, the bag slipped out from my gloved hand and fell to the ground below. The sand dollar was shattered and my heart fell.
For some reason, this suddenly reminded me of the story of God's provision of manna in the desert (Exodus Chapter 16). His people were hungry and grumbled against God as they made their escape from Egypt through the desert and to the promised land.
The people complained to their leader Moses, and He went to God who said he would provide food from heaven (it was white, like coriander seed, and tasted like wafers made with honey.)
God's people were told to gather it so that each one in the household tent had enough to eat. But, "Let no one keep any of it over until tomorrow morning," Moses warned.
Those who did not listen to him found it became rotten and wormy over night. And God was not pleased with them.
On the sixth day the people were to gather two-days worth so that they could rest on the Sabbath.
In this way, the Lord provided for his people for forty years in the desert and taught them to rely on Him each day for their sustenance.
So, instead of worrying about my predicament now, I will quell my fears and take it a day at a time, trusting in the Lord to provide.
Love,
Ronda
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