Stale Bread

¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, ¹² “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”
¹³ That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. ¹⁴ When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. ¹⁵ When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.
Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. ¹⁶ This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer^[a] for each person you have in your tent.’”
¹⁷ The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. ¹⁸ And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.
¹⁹ Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”
²⁰ However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.
²¹ Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. ²² On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers^[b] for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. ²³ He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”
²⁴ So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. ²⁵ “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. ²⁶ Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”
²⁷ Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. ²⁸ Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you^[c] refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? ²⁹ Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” ³⁰ So the people rested on the seventh day.
³¹ The people of Israel called the bread manna.
Exodus 16:11-31

This passage reminds me of reading the Bible. God told his people to collect the manna every single morning. The word "manna" literally means "what is it?". I think this relates to how we need to read the Bible every single morning. He can teach us something new every single day. And fill us up every single time we go to him. And if we are hungry for food and water everyday. And most of the time three times a day, then we should be starving for Gods Word all the time! Because that is the only thing keeping our soul happy, and full. I heard a quote recently that said "If you aren't moving forward in your walk with God, You ARE moving back." That means we need to constantly fill ourselves with God or we will gradually get hungrier and hungrier until we're numb to it.  Please don't let yourself get numb! Be constant in prayer, and fully in God's word, allowing it to teach you daily. DON'T EAT STALE BREAD!

My Life: as Psalm 125

My mom showed me Psalm 125 last night in anticipation of a homeschool kickoff get-together.

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken, but stands forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!

But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!

I had been worrying about it all day, and had been anxious about it. Last year I was NOT a Christian, I did some really bad things, and said a whole lot of things that I regret. I was boy crazy and rebellious, and was plainly running away from God. Which is pretty silly, considering I was a total hypocrite, and goody-goody church girl. Anyway, towards the end of last year (school year, like in April) I reached rock bottom, and completely surrendered my life to Jesus. He has taught me so much this summer, and grown me beyond what I thought was possible in just a couple of months. I am so head over heals for Jesus right now. But what I got out of this passage was that people were still going to think bad things about me, because the last "me" they knew, was an awful "me". And they hadn't met the new "me" yet. I have earned most of the reputation that I have, and honestly deserve it. But God has made a new me, he has turned my life upside down, and created a most wonderful creation out of dirt. And that is who I put my trust in. In the one who will NEVER fail me, in the one who will ALWAYS show me love. So before the get-together today that's what I kept telling myself. Instead of "everyone's going to hate me, because I was such a loser last year, and compleatly stupid, etc." I told myself what was true. "I was really stupid last year, but now I am made new. People can say a lot of stuff, and they can think lots of false things about me. But that's why my trust is in the Lord, not people. Because if everything I did was done to please people, I wouldn't be a creation of God, I would be a chameleon." So I went to the kickoff, and It was exactly like I expected it to be. There were lots of people to ignore me, and lots of people to give me dirty looks. But God was right there with me, constantly reminding me that I am HIS and not theirs. And that he knows who I really am regardless if they have seen it or not. He was right there with me when a few people stopped to talk to me, and ask me how my summer was. And right there with me when we left. He has been faithful to do what he said he would. 1. He never left my side. 2. He closed the doors that he wanted closed. 3.  And opened the ones that he wanted to open in my life. I will NOT be shaken, Praise God! He is so faithful!