Manna

My Sunday School class has been going through a Beth Moore Bible study - A Woman's Heart: God's Dwelling Place. The study is all about the tabernacle and the significance of the various aspects of the tabernacle. I really like it, but there was a particular aspect studied one day that I continue to marvel at - manna.

Manna was provided by God each day for the Israelites to eat. This food was from heaven and provided all of the energy and nutrients that the Israelites needed to survive as they were traveling through the desert. You know what the Israelites did, they complained. They complained because they got tired of manna. They got tired of God's perfect food. They wanted meat.

In studying this lesson, I realize that I do this each and every day. God has given us this good and perfect food - namely all of the fruits and vegetables you can find at your local grocery store. Have you every really looked at the produce section? It's really beautiful. And not only is this food lovely to look at, it provides all of the nutrients that we need to survive our own desert. But what do I do about it? I complain. Because I don't want these wonderful fruits and vegetables, I want the processed food that we have distorted into something completely different and added all sorts of weird chemicals too. These manufactured foods which have some of the nutrients, but not in the proportions that I need or in a manner that is good for my body to recover them.

I continue to be amazed at God's grace and goodness that He continues to put up with my complaining about what I want. I am grateful that He is showing me the beauty of His plan for how to have a healthy body and how that healthy body contributes to the health of my very soul. He is an amazing God.