Dear Family,

Today is Tuesday, April 30, 2024. It is Day 3 of Week 1 in our Count to Pentecost.

On day 3 out of Egypt, the children of Israel arrived at Marah, a word that means “bitter.”

Exodus 15:22-23 (22) So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. (23) And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

We must remember that they were led there by the cloud and pillar of fire. God knew exactly what He was doing.

At Marah, there was an awesome opportunity for the Israelites to realize that God had just set the scene for another wonderful miracle. God was well prepared to turn the bitter waters of Marah into sweet, satisfying water, but He wanted Israel to be aware of Him, to look to Him, to fully trust Him, and to ask for what they needed. He was their Provider as well as their Deliverer!

As true Believers today, we find ourselves from time to time at bitter waters, and we wonder how we got there. The one thing we must know is that God wants us to trust Him and to call on Him as our Deliverer and Provider. It‛s a powerful lesson of the season.
Let us continue to move forward as God commands and continue to trust God through whatever life experiences we encounter on our journey. God knows the beginning from the end and everything in between!

Let us pray that we will see each of our places of bitter water as opportunities to also experience God‛s miraculous love for us, His limitless power, and His willingness to use it on our behalf.

Ben Faulkner, Pastor
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