The true meaning of courage is to be afraid and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even if that step makes no sense to anyone but you. May you be blessed to make the bold moves. God's plan for you is beautiful and bold. Live it.

Numbers 11:1

Reading through certain Bible portions can really get one down on the Jewish people. They seem to be constantly rebelling, complaining and ungrateful.

However, it is interesting to note that according to the ancient sage Ramban, all these disturbing events took place within the first year and a half of their exodus from Egypt. The only exception was where the people became agitated and ungratefully complained about the heavenly Manna food after Aaron’s death in the last year of their forty year sojourn in the desert.

This changes the perspective.

For thirty-eight years they were perfectly righteous, no ungrateful complaining and no rebellion whatsoever. Why it is that these rumblings specifically occurred at the beginning and end of their stay in the desert...READ MORE