This morning’s reading grabbed me and shook me by my collar. First, we see the 10 commandments in Exodus 20. Then in Psalms 119, the Psalmist expands on that. As a parent, it really made me consider how important God’s word and his commands should be to us. Exodus 20 maps out God’s joyful life-plan,…
Reading Exodus 18 this morning, I found it really cool that Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, had heard about everything that God had done for Moses and his people, and he traveled to the wilderness to meet them. Jethro was a Midianite; he wasn’t Jewish. He was a high priest in their religion; the Midianites were most…
Quite a few things popped out to me in today’s readings. First, in Exodus 17, the people of Israel are attacked by the Amalekites. Moses tells Joshua to grab some men and go out there and fight them. Joshua and his warriors are in a brutal battle that has raged for hours. As long as…
Sometimes our horses are out in the pasture, and we have to call them in. They will come racing towards us, and the roaring sound of their hooves on the hard ground is scary. That’s just 40 hooves. In Exodus 14, the people of Israel are pinned up, with the sea blocking their path and…
Yesterday, I almost wrote about Romans 1, but I felt a stronger need to write about leadership. I’m so glad I didn’t, I feel like reading Romans 1 without reading Romans 2 could be dangerous. Paul lists a bunch of sins in Romans 1:18-32. And if we stop there, it’s easy to judge others and…
Just as Pharaoh didn’t listen to God’s warnings in Exodus 10 and 11, we see history repeating itself today. Our “leadership” in the United States has been corrupt for decades. The highest bidder controls our so-called 2-party system. The rich and powerful divide and conquer the ordinary people and use our taxes to enrich themselves…
I’m still working my way through the Bible in a year; today’s Old Testament readings are from Exodus 8 and 9. We learn that God is sending more plagues. Egypt is overrun with frogs, gnats (or lice, depending on your version), and flies. Then, in 9, the livestock are wiped out, festering boils break out…
I’m not a fan of traveling. I’m a homebody, and travel today is a lot easier than it was in Paul’s time. I hate being stuck in an airport for a few hours. Reading Acts 27, we learn that travel was much more dangerous and that the weather played a major role. Paul warns the…
While reading Acts 26 this morning, Paul is defending his beliefs before King Agrippa. He talks about how zealous he was in his attempt to silence the early Christians. Then he shares his testimony, describing receiving a direct message from Christ on the road to Damascus. This makes me wonder if I dare to share…
Today, let us remember that God can use our weaknesses and our past for His perfect plan. In today’s reading of Exodus 2 and 3, we learn about Moses. I liked thinking about how God saves Moses, and his mom gets paid to nurse her own baby boy. Even though Moses killed an Egyptian, he…