Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. 3They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord! 4Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here?

Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

The Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors, 16but when we cried out to the Lord, he heard our cry and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt.

Lord God my Father,

Protect my attitude when I see a personal struggle, keep me from the desire to give up. Help me to see your strength when I am weak and give me the confidence to embrace the strength you will reveal to me, a strength I am unable to believe in yet.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen