When we find ourselves groping along, famished for more, we can choose. When we are despairing, we can choose to live as Israelites gathering manna. For forty long years, God's people daily eat manna--a substance whose name literally means "What is it?" Hungry, they choose to gather up that which is baffling. They fill on that which has no meaning. More than 14,600 days they take their daily nourishment from that which they don't comprehend. They find soul-filling in the inexplicable.
They eat the mystery. ~One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp
We are wandering like the Israelites in the desert of faith on our journey to the Promised Land. We have the choice to continue following the path of love to Truth, to continue participating in the Mass and eating the mystery that is the Eucharist, and letting that be enough for now.
I know that for those of us who have recently graduated from college in this economy, mystery is often the only answer we know. It can be frustrating while we strive to figure out where to go, what to do next--unless we embrace the mystery that is this life, eat this mystery, and savor it. Savor the bitterness that comes with the sugar and spice, because it is all part of the gift.
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