Manna?

Manna was inspiring.
Breathtaking, beautiful, satisfying, nourishing.
At first it was surprising...but then, it became routine.

"Ben, can you go collect the manna for me?"

"But Moooooooom! Jotham and I are having a camel race!"

"Don't talk back to me young man. YWH provides that food for you, the least you can do is go and pick it up off the ground."

Somewhere along the way it lost its power to awe. Once the novelty of it all had worn off, it became just a part of normal life. I can imagine God, looking down on them thinking: "This will keep them entertained for a while." Then a few days later... "Really? I sent you food from heaven, what more do you humans want?"

In what areas of our lives today does He feel this way about? Where have we gone from awed to merely appreciative, to just amused? He may not be sending us manna in the form of wafers anymore, but he sends us the nourishment and encouragement that we need every day, if we only look for it. It's there...in the form of the world around us, in the people we encounter, in the books that we read, and the music we choose.

Try looking at the world with new eyes today, and take in all the manna around you.