It Runs In The Family

The Israelites, in the third chapter of Deuteronomy - or is that fourth? - was already moving down from Horeb to a two-word name for a land that I can't quite remember because of its complexity (I do recall the first word begins with the letter K, the second, B). So they were moving down from the mountain to the land that has been promised to them, as commanded by God through the Moses. At a certain point, I think when they were at the outskirts of the land promised to them, they decided to send spies to survey the land and its current occupants. The spies went, and then returned, bearing fruits. The land was reported to be fertile and fruitful.

But it happened that the Israelites turned to complaining. They were crying out to God that they were lost - that they have been displaced from Egypt simply to be delivered to a foreign land that was, yes, abounding in natural resources, but was inhabited by what I could only surmise as a tribe of fierce warriors. What amazes me was that, they could afford to address God in such a manner - this is the same God who had parted the Red Sea for them, who had seen them through the Exodus by faithfully providing manna and quail!

Okay, let me rephrase that: What amazes me was that they could afford to doubt God now, after the faithfulness He has shown them! That and oh, how I could relate very well to it!

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[jessieryll]

onga..it runs in the family.Ü