Path to Wise Living

It Would Have Been Enough for Us.

Dayenu (“It Would Have Been Enough”) is a song traditionally sung during the telling of the story of Exodus at Passover meal. The song’s stanzas list a series of kindnesses God performed for the Jewish people during and after the Exodus and concludes each with the word dayenu — “it would have been enough.”

It would have been enough is for followers of Jesus too. We are heirs of the promises. Let these inspire your prayer of thanksgiving in the next few days.

If He had taken us out of Egypt and not made judgements on them; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had made judgments on them and had not made [them] on their gods; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had made [them] on their gods and had not given us their money [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had given us their money and had not split the Sea for us; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had split the Sea for us and had not taken us through it on dry land; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had taken us through it on dry land and had not pushed down our enemies in [the Sea]; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had pushed down our enemies in [the Sea] and had not supplied our needs in the wilderness for forty years; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had supplied our needs in the wilderness for forty years and had not fed us the manna; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had fed us the manna and had not given us the Shabbat; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had given us the Shabbat and had not brought us close to Mount Sinai; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had brought us close to Mount Sinai and had not given us the Torah; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had given us the Torah and had not brought us into the land of Israel; [it would have been] enough for us.

If He had brought us into the land of Israel and had not built us the ‘Chosen House’ [the Temple; it would have been] enough for us.

Let me add mine: If He had given us what we asked and not given us what we thought; it would have been enough for us.

If He had given us a new life in this world and had not made eternity ours as well it would have been enough for us.

If He had redeemed us and had not given us his kingdom it would have been enough for us.

Feel free to continue the train of thought or come up with an "If He had... It would have been enough for us of your own.

Go ahead, try it. I promise to read it.

We have so much to be thankful for!