Bread from Heaven
"So, we are talking today in our readings about bread that came from heaven. Manna. A flakey substance left on the ground, every morning. There were restrictions. God said to Moses, this was a test." She has been preaching to the people for three months. She is the shepherd of a flock that belongs to the Lord. The gathering isn't large. The church is small, just a simple white church on a knoll with a steeple in need of paint and new pews. The tiny building has a bell that calls out to worshipers every morning. This, with all its scars, is a piece of heaven. "Now put your self in the same position as the Israelites. It's difficult to imagine living in the times of ancient Egypt. The clothing styles, the food they ate. All that is so foreign to our way of thinking. Even the wilderness that the chosen people wandered through is something most of us have never experienced." She steps away from the pulpit. She isn...