First let me say please read previous blog because we have done two in two days and my wife did the previous one and she is trying to do more so I do not want to knock her post down a notch with this one today.
I am reading the Bible in a year. The book I am reading is online called The One Year Bible. You can click on previous link to read what I am talking about for February 2nd. Do check it out one the actual website because you can start now too and just finish next February 2nd.
The Old Testament reading for yesterday was about Moses escaping with the people to Israel and God parting the Red Sea and all of Pharaoh's men getting drowned when the waters fell on them. I know that this story is always used to share about what is going on in their lives and how the Lord is using them or taking them through the wilderness, so I am weary about using it here, but it does match especially since (I looked ahead in the Bible in a year) and Joshua starts in April. We hope to leave for Italy in May so it might fit for future bloggings. Anyway, we feel in a lot of ways God has kind of led us out of Egypt which was our old way of life, working in our jobs and living in our apartment, thinking we would be done with support raising in January. We are now in this February season at around 75% of our support,
and not knowing where the rest is going to come, feel like we are in the wilderness explained in today's reading. I have compared and contrasted some points.
It took the people of Israel 3 days and it probably took us 3 months to start feeling hopeless, but eventually it will take us right around a year to be in our "support wilderness" but it took them 40 years :)
The Lord gave them Manna everyday and I feel like in this season we get manna by taking everyday at a time.
The Lord currently is preparing us for ministry and those 40 years prepared the Israelites for the promise land because they were not ready.
The people of Israel really felt like they were going nowhere and some days we feel exactly like that complaining and grumbling.
In leading Amanda and I, I feel like Mr. Inadequacy himself, Moses, but I know he has called me to be a Joshua and enter the promise land eventually!
Pic on right is people gathering Manna.
On a lighter note, I went to my first Orlando Magic game of this great season that they are having and last game for a long time this past Thursday. We are probably start doing "last times for a long time" for a lot of things that we enjoy doing that we cant do in Italy as it gets closer to us leaving. I have been a huge fan for a while and found a good deal on a great game against LeBron James and the Cavs and the Magic pulled it out in the end!
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