🌾 Don’t Forget This Time
In Exodus 16, after God provided manna from heaven to feed His people in the wilderness, He gave Moses a specific instruction:
“Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.” – Exodus 16:32 (NIV)
God wanted them to remember.
Not just the miracle, but the season, the struggle, the wandering, the uncertainty and how He still showed up.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about that passage a lot. Because honestly? If I’m being real, this has been one of the hardest seasons of my life. Losing my job at the beginning of the year left me unsure, unsteady, and sometimes even embarrassed. There are days I wish I could skip ahead to the “better” part of the story the breakthrough, the answered prayer, the stability.
But then I look around and realize… this is the manna.
This website, these hats, these Manna Bags they are my reminder of this time. The time God still provided, still protected, still kept me even when I couldn’t see the way forward.
Some days, I want to forget how hard this has been. But God is good in the bad and in the good. And I don’t want to forget that.
So to whoever is reading this: remember your own manna season. The time God saved you, healed you, or provided for you when you least expected it. Don’t rush past it — remember it.
Write it down in your journal. Paint it. Record it. Build something from it. Whatever you do, keep a piece of this time as a reminder that God still provides even in the desert. 🌾
What’s something you learned about yourself through hardship?
What is God teaching you in this season of waiting?
Write about a time you wanted to quit but didn’t. What kept you going?
If you could tell your future self one thing about this moment, what would it be?
What verse, song, or quote has been your anchor lately?