Today’s first reading (Exodus 2-4, 12-15), God delivers bread to the Israelites. He does so saying he would open up the doors of heaven and rain down bread from the sky. He did this because the people desired the full stomachs which were links in their Egyptian shackles. And God answered the prayer they made in their hardship of freedom, and rained down bread from the sky.
The people did not recognize the bread. A dew dried with the heat of transition from morning to day and a very fine and flaky substance appeared. While they expected God’s grace to appear in one way, and while they stared at the sky, they did not recognize the miracle that surrounded their feet. They asked, what is this?
This is the bread the LORD has given you to eat.
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What miracles has the LORD performed for me that I have not recognized, perhaps until someone else pointed out the miracle for me? How can I be more attentive to the LORD and his ways?
The Lamp Stand 