"What IS this?" Practicing Gratitude
When you and your babies are hungry and thirsty, it’s kind of hard to care much about abstract things, isn't it? I can picture the people of Israel out in the desert, after their dramatic escape from Pharaoh and lives of slavery in Egypt. They are tired and out of sorts. Their feet hurt from walking in the hot sand, and their eyes and lips are scratchy and dry from sun and wind. They haven’t had a good meal or a peaceful night’s sleep since they left Egypt, always on the move