I've been studying the scriptures again... :)

So I wasn't originally intending this to be a boiling pot for my scripture study inspirations but I'm reading the Old Testament for the first time from cover to cover and there seems to be a lot of scriptures jumping out at me that I really enjoy and want to share. This is the only book of scripture that I have not read cover to cover yet so I'm excited! Today's insight comes from Exodus 16:3

3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the ^aflesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with ^bhunger.

A couple things stood out to me. One was that instead of trusting that he would provide as he had done so far, the children of Israel decided to murmur and complain instead. I can definitely see this in myself at times. How better it would have been if they had instead said, "Lord, we're hungry, we have no way to provide for ourselves, and we know that thou art watching over us. Please provide a way for us to be able to feed ourselves." The result most definitely would have been the same with the providing of manna and quail. But it's so easy to forget to ask the Lord for help and to just complain instead. The second thought that struck me was the fact that the Lord didn't rebuke them for complaining. He simply provided. I think it's a perfect example of his patience with us and willingness to teach us to trust him before expecting it.