So Good

I read but didn't blog yesterday.  But some of the reading was just so good that I had to come back and write about it!  I will be praying for the USA over the next few days and will include info about that later.

Exodus 15:19-17:7
There were a couple of things that struck me about this passage.  First, God is revealing His nature to His people.  It's almost like they are having to get reacquainted after all those years of slavery.  At the end of chapter 15, God tells the people to listen to Him and do what's right in His eyes and in return He will not afflict them with the diseases the Egyptians had to endure.  ..."for I am the Lord, your healer." verse 26  He also becomes their provider when they are lacking food.  He sends manna and quail every day to sustain them.
The other thing that got my attention was the fact that the Israelites were less than two months into their journey when their grumbling began.  They complain to Moses and Aaron and say that things were better in Egypt.  Less than two months... almost the same amount of time I have been on this journey of trying to live my life in a radical way.  Moses told the people, "Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord." 16:8  How I hope that I have not been grumbling!  Maybe not even out loud, but what is it that is truly in my heart?

Matthew 22:1-33
Jesus speaks the parable of the wedding feast, then the Pharisees and Sadducees are trying to trap Him in His words.

Psalm 27
So many good things in this psalm, but here's my fav:
"One thing have I asked of the Lord, that I will seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple."
verse 4

Proverbs 6:20-26
More warnings about adultery, and the thought-provoking verse of the day:
"but a man's wife hunts down a precious life." verse 26