When we feel unsettled, hungry or thirsty, when our schedules are
disrupted or a journey drags on, we can get irritable and quarrelsome.
Oftentimes, the people to whom we are closest receive the brunt of
our bad moods. Moses sacrificed everything to liberate his people,
yet here they are ready to stone him. When we feel ugly and upset, it
serves us to check in with our emotions to discern their root source.
The wilderness is a place of big feelings. But it can also be a place to
discover how we react and why.
Savior God, grant us the wisdom to change what we can, to let
go of what we can’t, and to not take our problems out on those
who love us most. Amen.