When Hope Turns Bitter

The Israelites had just come out of Egypt, miraculously delivered from slavery by God Himself. They had seen the Egyptian army, whom they had so feared, drowned by the very water that had stood up to form walls on either side of the Israelites as they walked through the Red Sea on dry ground.

They sang and rejoiced as they began their journey into the wilderness, but soon that rejoicing faded as they were faced with a new problem: where to find water.

The first day passed, then the second, and w...