\u00a0There was one unmistakeable sound as the Israelites left Egypt and traveled through the wilderness toward the Promised Land:\u00a0 Grumbling.<\/p>\n
They grumbled about food, the type of food, water. . .<\/p>\n
Grumble, grumble grumble. . .<\/p>\n
\u00a0(Exodus 16:9 ESV)\u00a0 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, ‘Come near before the LORD, for he has heard your grumbling.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I thought as I read these verses this morning, how sad.\u00a0 Not, I have heard the prayers of my people, but I have heard their grumbling.\u00a0 He didn’t hear thanks or praise, just grumbling.<\/p>\n
Heaven heard their grumbling.\u00a0 Does that strike you as sad?<\/p>\n
(1 Kings 8:49 NKJV)\u00a0 “then hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My words and thoughts rise to the heavens, God allows them in, gives audience and he hears grumbling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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