Thanks for your insights! Last night while reading S&H, I came across Mrs. Eddy’s quote: “It is error to murmur or to be angry over sin.” (369:31-32) Because of the Bible lesson, her sobering words hit me in a deeper way. I began to see how my comments to myself on the world were self-righteous, and even more important why even entertain a lie. I went to bed with a resolve to be more vigilant for the Truth and to claim it. The testimony from Wed. night came to mind: “The universe is filled with spiritual ideas, which He evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them.” A feeling of freedom washed over me. Divine Mind is in control always. It was very healing to stop tending the Regulator.
I have often marveled at how having crossed through the Red Sea and rejoiced for what God had done, the Israelites could begin complaining (within 3 days!) But that whole story illustrates how powerful the magnetics are within this dream. The emotional, mental and physical needs are demanding! I can see that perhaps they were going through a fasting of sorts, a cleanse. When God did provide the manna in the wilderness, it’s interesting that it would appear each morning and would only last for one day, so no hoarding. A lesson to trust in God for their every need.
One definition of WILDERNESS in the Glossary: “the vestibule in which a material sense of things disappears, and spiritual sense unfolds the great facts of existence.”
MORNING: “Light, symbol of Truth; revelation and progress.”
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: “The representative of Soul, not corporeal sense; the offspring of Spirit, who, having wrestled with error, sin and sense, are governed by divine Science.”
Thanks for the powerful lesson.
Rae