What Is It?

Manna is a honey wafer. (Exodus 16:31 NIV). The name means “What Is It?” Now think about it. God gave the people food every day. They didn’t dig the soil. Tend the garden. Fertilize the plants or even water. They simply harvested the ‘manna’ each day. They were given just enough for their needs. It seems that often we heap our plate full of the day’s offerings without a sound of thanks giving. Instead we are guilty of wrinkling our nose and like the Hebrew children we say, “Manna?” or translated, “What is it?”

Left Handed Warriors

David’s warriors were well trained for battle. So well trained we find they could shoot arrows right handed and left handed (I Chronicles 12:2 NIV).


The year my mother turned eighty I received an almost illegibly written letter. I wondered if her age had robbed her penmanship until I read her end-note. “I’m practicing writing left-handed just in case I hurt my right arm.” Mom thought she needed to be doubly prepared for battle.


Maybe we should all take lessons from David’s warriors and my elderly mother.

The First Color in the Bible Is?

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Interesting Facts from the Bible

Bible Trivia to keep you thinking.

Today's thought comes from Genesis 1:30

Most Bible readers know the rainbow is mentioned in Genesis and the rainbow holds the primary colors.

But what is the first color mentioned in the Bible? Does your mind go to the brown snake? The red apple (the fruit mentioned isn’t truly an apple, but we’ve heard Eve picked the apple for so long, our mind can play tricks on us and see the Delicious red apple in her hand). Maybe you thought the blue of the sky or the yellow of the sun or the . . . The first color mentioned in the Bible is green. Check it out, read Genesis 1:30.

Kat Crawford@2008