Exodus 5

I know how Moses feels as he questions God's promise to free the Israelites. I find it easy--at this time in my life, at least--to believe that God will be faithful to me. It's not so easy, though, to imagine that His faithfulness might take another form than that which appeals to me. I might think that I know what is best, but He knows what is better! Patience, patience, patience...

Exodus 4

Like Moses, I worry about what to say to people about God. I also worry that they'll think I'm a simpleton who drank the KoolAid. But God says, "Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who give them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." (vs. 11-12) In other words, it is not for us to worry what comes of our witness, that is in God's hands. It is simply our duty to witness.

Also, what is up with verses 24-26? That's a bit I've never known and totally don't get...

Exodus 3

I posted to the wrong blog the other night!

Here's Exodus 3.

Exodus 2

As a mother, my heart aches in the first few verses. Moses' mother kept him hidden for 3 months! There is a lot of difficulty in the first three months that would make hiding a newborn tough! Then, she just floats him out in the river!!! I wonder what logical thinking led to that idea!?! My other thoughts are with the family in Midian. The father is a priest, but a priest of what? Wikipedia seems to think that Midian was in the east of the Sinai Peninsula and the Midianites worshipped multiple Gods. That must have been an interesting marriage...

Exodus 1

So, I got out of the habit a little while back and I stressed for a time about how I would catch up. That led to me doing nothing for far too long. So, I have broken my pledge to read and blog uninterrupted for three years. I think I ought to pick up and keep going, nonetheless. I finished Matthew (privately), so I'm going to start now with Exodus 1. Luckily, we have Mark, Luke, and John to review the gospel again soon. The Israelites lose their champion in Joseph's Pharaoh and are treated terribly by the Egyptians. God is still watching over them, though, and has a plan to redeem them. It reminds me that our own leaders and circumstances vary for good and ill with each passing year and each passing generation. I am one of God's children, though, and I have been (and continue to be) redeemed!