Welcome to One Minute Scripter Study, a Come Follow Me podcast.

We are your host, Kristen Walker-Smith and Callie Black.

Hey, it's Callie Black here with today's thought. Let's open up to Exodus chapter 4, verse 31.

I almost always get a carton of eggs during our weekly shopping trip.

It is a staple in our household for baking, scrambled

eggs, and breakfast sandwiches. So imagine my surprise when I went to the store about a year ago

and there weren't any eggs in sight. Okay, no big deal, I thought we couldn't 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

into my cart, my heart filled with gratitude. I don't think I had

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. The Israelites had suffered for a long time. And so when they saw Moses and Aaron's miraculous

signs and heard their testimony that they had been sent from God to free them, we read in Exodus

4 verse 31, 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. 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. So the takeaway of the day in five words or less, waiting brings greater

gratitude. Thank you so much for being here today and for coming closer to

Christ with me one minute at a time. Hey are you ready to follow the children of

Israel as they make their journey through the wilderness but then they also

arrive in the land of Canaan and start to establish their land and there's kings and there's judges and all sorts of drama. I would love to help walk you through all of this. My Big Picture, Little Picture Study Guide for Quarter Two is available now on Amazon, shipped right to your doorstep or as a digital download on ComeFolme Study.com. You can use the code OMSS for 20% off at comefellmeystady.com

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