"What is it?"

..."It is the bread that

the LORD has given you to eat."

                 Exodus 16. 15

(The LORD provides

all the odd circumstances

and awkward situations

and mysteries we cannot grasp,

the "what in the world is this?"

                moments and seasons,

        to strengthen and sustain

        to equip and prepare us

                 for what has been,

what is now,

            and what will yet come.

God is faithful

even in what we cannot understand.)