Friday 27 January 2012

Daily Bread




A few days ago I awoke with the thought of BREAD.  We had just gotten back from a marvelous vacation to visit with Ken's sister in the Bahamas. While we were there, she had spoiled  us with some delicious breads at a new grocery store they recently opened. Give me some good bread and butter, and I am a happy camper! :)

So as that thought of bread popped into my consciousness, it brought to mind my "daily bread". I haven't been consistent (far from it) in Bible reading, and although this thought was not in a blaming, nagging, accusatory tone, I still felt a slight twinge of conviction. It made me think on how good it is to eat a good, wholesome bread, and how we need good food to stay alive..... EVERY DAY,  if we want to be healthy anyway... and it brought to mind the manna of the OT, and the complaining of the Israelites to eat heavenly food every day (I cannot conceive of that...but the Bible is heavenly manna, and I admit that I am slack to get my daily portion).

God generously supplies us with our daily manna...are we like the early Israelites loving our Egyptian (fleshly) foods more than the heavenly? I guess it's like the writer of Ecclesiastes said: "there's nothing new under the sun". Thank the Lord for His mercy and graciousness. :)



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  1. Unknown27 January 2012 at 13:56

    I love this post! Your observation about the Israelites preferring the delicacies of Egypt to the manna from heaven is very thought-provoking!

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    1. Susan27 January 2012 at 16:28

      Hi DebbieLynne,

      I love good food :) I also enjoy junk food, when on the run, but enjoy the good stuff much more. Same with God's word. I love it when I do partake of it, so why do I keep gravitating to the "junk food" gossip magazines they have lying around at work??? Duh!

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  2. musemater27 January 2012 at 15:47

    Wonderful comparison! Now dear friend, please consider the KJV to sustain your appetite for the Word. Its lyrical language sticks in my mind and draws me and speaks to me uniquely separating it from any other book.

    It's not as hard as Shakespeare you know? Actually just a 10th grade reading level. You might like it. Just saying.:)

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    1. Susan27 January 2012 at 16:25

      Hi Muse! I do enjoy the King James best, but have some others (NIV is the worst...I do like the ESV) I grew up on the KJV so it's easy for me to read, much easier than Shakespeare :D

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    2. Susan29 January 2012 at 07:15

      I still have to do some studying of the older English Bible versions such as Geneva and Wycliff. This is a link to a website:

      http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
      (copy and paste, the last couple of time I tried hyperlinking it didn't work)

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    3. Alice30 January 2012 at 04:39

      I would love to just be able to know and understand the original languages...wouldn't that be great!?

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