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My Daily Blessing from My Daily
Bible Reading
with meditations
by my mother, Poetess Gertrude Sanborn
JANUARY
23
Exodus 13:3 -- Exodus 16:7
MEMORIAL STONES ARE GOOD
Exodus 13:14
"When thy son
asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this?"
Children are
curious people. They want to know why? So when the
Israelites observed the Passover every year, it was only
natural for a child to ask, "WHY?"
What a story
the parents had to tell them! The little ones would
learn of the "Passover lamb" and the death of all the
first-borns where the blood of that lamb was not
applied. Then the children would learn of the flight
from Egypt by their relatives. They would learn of the
parting of the Red Sea, of Moses’ strength and faith, of
the Pharaoh’s hard heart and his armies, of chariots
pursuing and drowning, of the sea’s waters opening and
closing. They would learn of the exuberance and
adoration of the people as their prime enemies were
dead.
Then the
parents, if they were truthful, would tell of the
complaining people, the very ones whom God had
protected. They would learn how their forefathers
decided life in Egypt was better than the unknown
wilderness. The little ones would learn of the
complaining--the lack of water, the fear, the ungrateful
disbelief! The children would learn their relatives‘
faith in God was spasmodic. They would hear of the
Israelites murmuring against Moses and Aaron, and would
wonder at the ungratefulness of their
great-grandparents.
But you and
I are no different. We have wonderful spiritual
journeys. We see our needs supplied. We find comfort and
solace in the arms of God. But then, we begin to
complain over some minor lack, or some slight from
another person towards us. We complain! How sad and how
human are we mortals!
Let us
determine to be different and do all things without
murmurings and complaining. Then we will discover, if we
do not know it already, that we are just as human as
those Israelites long ago who wanted to return to
worldly Egypt. Let’s try not to be like them! (ysw)
"THE WALK
WITHIN MY HOME"
(Psalm 101:2)
"I will
behave myself wisely in a perfect way. . . I
will walk within my house with a perfect heart!"
What a lovely and timely motto for a Christian woman to
have before her. To "BE LIKE JESUS ALL
DAY LONG IN THE HOME AND IN THE THRONG" is not as
easy to do as to sing. "Oh, Lord Jesus , teach me
to behave myself wisely within my house!" (GGS)
And
Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he
said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly
return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo,
Sarah thy wife shall have a son. (Genesis 18:10)
Under God's Care,
Yvonne S. Waite
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