Let the games begin! From the Red Sea to the Desert of Shur, they traveled three days without water. They came to the Marah, and found water which was bitter. The place was called such because the name means "bitter". How ironic that Naomi (of Ruth fame) chose that name as her own as she was found defeated and alone in her mind as she felt that her life had no meaning. She felt abandoned and futureless. Similarly, the complaints start and I guess that is the history of the Israelites. Now it's the lack of water. Moses, as their leader, is the one they go to and he, in turn, goes to the Lord who shows him a piece of wood which makes the water sweet and drinkable. A piece of wood??? I guess in the desert anything that the Lord uses can be a game changer. It is there that the Lord gave them the "if - then" statement of obedience doing "right" in order to not suffer as the Egyptians did with the plagues. It was there that He equated himself as the God who heals. After the desert was the oasis of Elim, where water and palm trees were and there they camped.
Decent day but a upsetting night as my cable box crapped out for the second time in the past six months. It seems that Comcast loves to see their customers suffer so they have their equipment fail at least a few times a year. In NJ, Cablevision's equipment has lasted for decades with little hassles. Go figure. I hope to go later and swap boxes later to avoid hassles for Sunday's game.
If that is all I am "inconvieneced" by then there is really nothing to complain about, is there? With all of the people in the world truly suffering what is this compared to that? Looking forward to the weekend and heading north especially with the nice weather we've been having and I wouldn't mind 6 more weeks of 40-60 degree weather with no snow.
Praise for today: Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Ps 63: 3
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