Morning Manna by Rufus Parker: Morning Manna by Rufus Parker

Monday, June 16, 2025

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 2025 June 16

Embarrassed

“Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.” (Psalms 12:1)

Today’s Morsel: How would you like to live in a city or town called Embarrass. Well, there is such a place here in Wisconsin. There are about 400 people that live there. The town is called Embarrass, and there is even a river that carries the same name. According to Wikipedia, its name is a French word meaning to impede, to obstruct, or to entangle. The lumberjacks gave it that name because their logs would get blocked because of the snags or debris in the river. There are many people today who are afraid to ask Jesus for His help, even though they see that things are not flowing as they should in their lives. They see that things are impeding and hindering them from being what God wants them to be, but they will not ask Him for His help. The Syrophoenician woman was not embarrassed to ask Him to deliver her daughter from the devils, even though she was an outsider and knew that she may not be helped. But she believed that there was a chance or opportunity that Jesus would help her, and she was not disappointed. Jarius, the Ruler of the synagogue, was not embarrassed to asked Jesus for His help with his daughter who was on her sick bed dying, even though he knew that the other religious leaders may chastise him for going to Jesus. We can’t be embarrassed to ask Jesus for His help when things aren’t going right for us. He’s already told us that we have not because we ask not. He said that everyone that asks receives. So, what are your needs? You don’t need to be embarrassed. Jesus would have never told us to ask Him if He wasn’t going to help us. David was a man that shows us not to be afraid to ask God for His help. Don’t be embarrassed to ask Jesus for His help, if you do it may impede your life.

Sing: I need Thee, O I need Thee; every hour, Lord, I need Thee! O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee!

Thought For Today: “For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.” (Luke 9:26)

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About Morning Manna

And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat (Exodus 16:10-15).

“Morning Manna” is a short daily devotion which began in 2002, with just a short note of encouragement to a friend who was facing difficulties at the time. Through their response, I was encouraged to begin a daily devotion via email and send it to people who asked to be put on the distribution list. It is now reaching around the globe. Its birth came about during Morning Prayer. The Lord revealed to me that I should forward my friend a word of encouragement, since it is through patience and comfort of the scripture that we find hope. Thus, I forwarded him the words the Lord had given to me for him, and he forwarded it on to someone else who was having difficulties in their life as well, and thus the original list began.

The goal of “Morning Manna” is to provide people with a quick, thought provoking Word from the Lord, as well as provide encouragement from His Word that can help them through the day and during unexpected trails and circumstances in their daily lives.

Several years ago, Jesus moved on my heart to start writing daily devotions; thus began “Morning Manna”. Today, many people are receiving these daily devotions and many of these people are forwarding it on to their family and friends. It is my hope to encourage even more through posting the devotions to this blog-page.

I pray that you, too, will enjoy reading the manna from this site.