All who hunger

Have you ever felt lost? All of us have moments when the path is unclear and we have no idea where to make the next turn.

The story of the Exodus always puts things in perspective for me. I may feel confused for a few days or weeks, but I certainly haven't spent forty years searching for my home. Also, the Israelites are such real human beings. They grumble, they make mistakes, they run after false solutions, they whine about all the good food they left back in Egypt. If we ever need a guidebook for our own wanderings, it's all in here.

When the people had gone as far as they could on their own, God did not abandon them to starve on the burning sands. God sent them manna, giving them each day exactly as much as they needed. They could not ration or hoard their food, but had to depend utterly on God to feed them.

Can we trust that, whatever we need on our journey, God will provide it? In the words of Sylvia Dunstan's hymn, "All who hunger, gather gladly, holy manna is our bread. Come from wilderness and wandering, here in truth we shall be fed."