Magnificent Shade

Neh 9:19 "Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. By day the pillar of cloud did not cease to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.NIV

Ps 105:39 He spread out a cloud as a covering,and a fire to give light at night. NIV

Rich remembers being a young boy, out in the field working, and having a cloud come over and give him some shade. It was a relief from the heat, if only for a moment.

In the Torah portion this past week, we read about the cloud over the Tabernacle. That made me think about shade from the cloud. What a blessing the cloud was to them in the desert heat. Did the cloud cover all of the people or just the tabernacle? I don't know for sure, but I think it covered everyone providing all the people with magnificent shade.