MIRACLES SURROUNDING ME
Today's reading: Numbers 11-13

"We remember all the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic we wanted. But now our appetites are gone, and day after day we have nothing to eat but this manna!" Numbers 11:5-6 NLT

I guess the Israelites never really grasped what a miracle their daily food delivery truly was.

I remember first hearing about their morning 'dew-y' food supply and thinking how cool God was for coming up with that idea. To tell the truth, I have always pictured manna as being frosted corn flakes littered on the desert ground for them to pick up and use in various ways. Frosted corn flakes--yum, one of my favorites!

Even now as an adult, to walk outside the door and pick up all we needed for the day--and not have to push a cart up and down crowded aisles, pay high prices and lug the bags of groceries in the house--only to put them away on new shelves and then use them in preparation of the next meal--what a miracle that would be!

But sometimes it's the miracles that surround us that we overlook.

The ones that are in our faces day in and day out.

The ones we have errantly begun to think were partially our doing.

Like the sunrise. Like being able to get out of bed. Like being able to push a grocery cart. Like having money in the account to pay for groceries. Like being able to choose frosted flakes or Fruit-Loops or raisin bran. Like being given the opportunity to love those who push your buttons most often. Like hope. Like grace. Like breathing.

This morning I'm reminded to watch for the miracles He has showered into my life. To celebrate them. To acknowledge them. To no longer take them for granted.

Or I'll be no better than the Israelites who complained about the manna.