Remember when egg prices were insanely high last year?!
I almost always get a carton of eggs during our weekly shopping trip.
It’s a staple in our household for baking, scrambled eggs, and breakfast sandwiches.
So when the egg prices started to climb last year, I was shocked each time I added them to my cart.
So expensive!
And then, one week, there were no eggs available.
None.
“No big deal,” I thought. “We can do without eggs this week.”
But then, the next week, there weren’t any eggs either.
And still again, the next week, there weren’t any.
Finally, on my next shopping trip, I found the shelves filled with eggs again!
As I put a carton in my cart, my heart filled with gratitude.
I don’t think I have ever been grateful for eggs before…
But having to wait such a long time allowed my heart to feel that dependence on and gratitude for the Lord for such a simple blessing as eggs.
The Israelites had suffered for a long time.
So when they saw Moses and Aaron’s signs and heard their testimony that they had been sent from God to free them,
“The people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.” (Exodus 4:31)
When I have to wait for a blessing for a long time, my gratitude increases exponentially.
Maybe that’s why the Lord likes to let us wait sometimes.
He knows that our hearts need the training.
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
