“You’ve got this!” I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s received that phrase in response to expressed feelings of inadequacy and being overwhelmed by life’s circumstances and demands. As well-meaning as the intentions are, I’m probably not the only one that finds that it often falls short in effectiveness. Perhaps if it’s a matter…
Tag: Exodus
Stones of Remembrance
“You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with…
A Call for Discernment
Last week I briefly touched on the “Instagram worthy” Scripture quotes, and this week I’m going to take a hard look at another that I’ve seen cropping up more and more often over the last couple years. You’ve probably seen it too, and I will freely confess that it sounds great: “The Lord will fight…
Created to Draw Near
The concept of priests and priesthood probably strikes most Protestants as a little…..different. For those with closer ties to Catholicism, it may smack of tradition and ritual, of unintelligible and unknown church teachings. For those more well-versed in the Old Testament, it might bring to mind the image of sacrifices, blood, and altars, of inspections…
Moses’ Shining Face
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’ve been reading through Exodus in my daily Bible reading for several weeks. I’ve been mulling over chapter 34 for several days, particularly the last several verses. If you’re not familiar, Exodus 34 covers the second time Moses was on Mount Sinai, and verses 29-35 deal with when…
The Fickleness of Humanity
How fickle we humans are, how quick to doubt when it seems that the Lord is slow to act or has delayed in fulfilling his promises. I was reminded of this as I was reading in Exodus recently. When Moses was sent back from Midian to Egypt and he and Aaron first told the Israelites…
As Is Your Way
My daily Bible reading rotation has had me in Psalm 119 for the last few days. The whole chapter, every single one of the 176 verses, is good sustaining food for thought, and I’ve returned to it often over the last 8 years in particular. There’s always deeper depths to plumb in all of God’s…
Miriam
One of the individuals from the Bible to which I’ve mentally returned repeatedly over the course of the last several months is Miriam. Compared with her brothers – Moses the renowned prophet and servant of the Lord who led the Israelites out of Egypt, and Aaron the original high priest who served as Moses’ spokesman…
Deliverance
Anyone else in the middle of less than pleasant circumstances? Yeah, yeah, I know – global pandemic, major election cycle, hurricanes, economic uncertainty, protests against racial injustice, plus whatever trials you may be facing in your personal life – all perfectly normal, and not worth mentioning as unpleasant, right? (That’s tongue-in-cheek, to be clear.) Anyone…