So in my daily reading of the entire Bible, I have basically bombed. I made it all of maybe 12 days before I started to fall behind. Now I am reading the plan daily, and I will still finish in a year - but right now I'm still in January. Exodus 3. Moses is trying to get his rear away from Pharoah because he just killed an Egyptian and is going to get himself killed if he's found out. Moses is running. Moses did bad things, and now he's hiding.
Tonight in bible study, we did Exodus 8 - Pharoah is coming to Moses in ch 8 to stop the plagues . He is considered a wise and close friend of The Lord.
In just 5 chapters, Moses went from running and hiding to revered and respected (as much as Pharoah revered and respected anyone, which doesn't seem to be much.)
What I love about this change from Exodus 3 to 8 is that.......life changes. Unfortunately for Moses change meant raining frogs and exceedingly more disgusting phenomena for awhile, but still....things changed. And in the end, clearly Moses turns out to be a total biblical rockstar.
I hope that in my life, there will be change. I hate this time in the valley -
these times where my medicine stops working, when words choke in my throat, when I have to sleep in the middle of the day....mentally , physically, spiritually I am hunkering down on the floor of the crappiest room ever, waiting for the door to be unlocked again.
Whee!
But change is real. It can come. I just need to somehow find a way to befriend the struggles that are so intent on sticking around. Find a way.
The desert isn't meant to last forever.
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