The Desert of Bitterness ~ A TRANSFORMING TIMBER
There are two conditions of the heart no one can hide: one the heart is filled with love and the other when we are infected with bitterness.
There are two conditions of the heart no one can hide: one the heart is filled with love and the other when we are infected with bitterness.
Not lost in the Sinai desert. But still the Israelites found themselves very unhappy. The bitter waters of Marah confronted God's thirsty infant nation.
The sea waters parted for Israel but didn't for Egypt. # Israel lived. Egypt drowned.
There are many rich fields for bitterness. Harsh labor is but one fertile soil. (Read the series Introduction to The Desert of Bitterness.
Moses led recalcitrant, fear-filled, faith-void grumblers to the shores of the Red Sea. A hotly pursuing Egyptian army hemmed them in. Swords behind Israel, seas before them.
The desert is entered when I flee bondage, hatred or malevolence.
Soul Snack 90/14 . . . God has chosen the desert traveller as a dwelling place for His name.
Soul Snack 89/14 . . . Moses dwelt in the desert for a total of eighty years.
Soul Snack 88/14 . . . The desert's oppression belted down without relief.
Soul Snack 87/14 . . . Siroccos tousled the Israelites' hair while sand massaged each sole.