Lord -
We set out from Your promises toward the fulfillment of those promises, and we become impatient on the way.
We speak against You and question why You brought us into this wilderness living.
We encounter poisonous serpents that bite and drain us of abundant life.
How shall we heal from these serpents of sin as we move along the way toward liberation?
Set the poisonous serpent on a pole. Look at it. And live.
May we be so bold to examine our lives - to see the sins that threaten to destroy us - and by so doing, live.
Amen.