Well, good people, I’ve come to the plagues in my morning Bible reading in Exodus. We’re also out of half & half so I had to use egg nog in my coffee (no, not spiked) & it’s blissful. All to say, I don’t see this thread going well. A couple of observations then I’ll leave you be.
The Lord is distinguishing himself before the Egyptians through the plagues. (I feel sure this will autocorrect to plaques when I post.) Moses makes that clear to Pharaoh when he says in 8:9, “So that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God.” The heavy hitting word I’d
like to bring to you this morning is this: God alone makes gnats. The Egyptian magicians have thus far been able to imitate the wonders wrought through the raised staff of Aaron. Then in 8:18,”The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices but they could not.”
It’s clearly harder than you think to make a gnat. And then the magicians, whether they meant to or not, gave glory to God. “‘This is the finger of God,’ the magicians said.” (Ex 8:19)

Over and over again, you see, God is at work ushering us to the same conclusion: “So that...
you may know there is no one like the Lord our God.”

He intends to be utterly distinguished in our eyes. And ultimately, before all eyes.

And make no mistake. He can do that through a gnat. Let Him. Go with it while it’s small. It’s easier that way.

Ok, that’s all I’ve got.
I could have told y’all about the time a year or so ago Keith & I thought God had re-enacted the plague of frogs where we live- we’d never heard such a ruckus- but I drew the line there. Instead, I strained out a gnat. And swallowed a camel.

Bless y’all today.
God’s still God.

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16 Dec
Exodus 6 this AM. One great part of reading through books of the Bible is that you come to familiar or particularly pivotal texts slowly, allowing them to arrive at their own pace & proper place instead of barging in on them. I also love getting a new Bible every 4 or 5 years so
the familiar texts aren’t already marked. I’d not thought to anticipate the “I will” declarations the Lord gave Moses to announce to the Israelites so they arrived with fresh awe.(6:6-7)
1. I will bring you out.
2. I will rescue/save you.
3. I will redeem you.
4. I will take you.
To estimate their importance to Israel, you might consider what the “I am” statements of Jesus in John’s Gospel mean to us. So crucial are these 4 divine “I will” declarations, they are centerpieces in the Jewish Passover meal. The 4 cups of wine correspond with the 4 promises.
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15 Dec
You know the old adage, “It’ll probably get worse before it gets better”? Oh, and this one: “It’s always darkest before the dawn” and, meanwhile, that coal-black night seems to go on for eons? Exodus 5 in my morning reading. If you didn’t know God was faithful, you might think
He liked getting you into trouble. Moses has returned to Egypt. Aaron’s reintroduced the former prince to the Israelite elders. Told them God has seen their misery. Moses performed a few signs. They’re bought in and bowed low in worship by the end of Exodus 4. Then Moses & Aaron
go to Pharaoh with the Lord’s message: “Let my people go.”
No. “Please.” Nope. Can’t lose my labor force. So Pharaoh commands overseers to drastically increase the Israelites’ workload without changing their daily quota. When they can’t fill it, the Israelite foremen are beaten.
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14 Dec
In Exodus now in my daily Bible reading. Chapters 3-4. God finds Moses on the far side of the wilderness. Calls to him from a burning shrub that attracts his attention—not because it’s on fire but—because the fire is not destroying it. That’s a lesson right there. There’s fire
that lights up, fire that heats, fire that draws forth the worship of God. Then there’s unholy fire that utterly destroys. The difference is obvious in its wake. God tells Moses to say to the Israelites, “I have paid close attention to you & to what has been done to you.” Always.
God is faithful. He sees. He knows. He will act. God tells Moses his name to authorize him then performs wonders to prove he’ll empower him. The former prince of Egypt replies with a line that makes me want to laugh every time I read it: “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent
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13 Dec
I so love 1 Peter 5:10 and pray someone finds comfort & expectancy in it this morning.

“And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen & establish you.”

God HIMSELF.
God himself will restore you.
God himself will confirm you.
God himself will strengthen you.
God himself will establish you.

If it’s God himself, I want it.
If it’s God himself, I trust it.
If it’s God himself, I’ll be helped by it. Built up & blessed by it. Prospered in spirit.
Because of Jesus Christ, we have access to God himself. No man or woman can save us. No man or woman can deliver us. No man or woman is incapable of misleading, exploiting, seducing, abusing, abandoning or deceiving us. God is faithful. Be patient in suffering. In just a little,
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9 Dec
Personal thread this morning.

It’ll be a little cheesy for some tastes but I reckon I’m nothing at all if not cheesy. You may have caught my tweet 2 days ago where I shared that my daughter @MelissaMoore77 who lives in the PNW is home for December. So happy. Been nearly a year.
I was getting ready for work in my room yesterday AM & walked through the house to grab something from the kitchen & saw her having her morning devotions. She was absorbed in what she was reading so I left her to it. But that sight, that very simple sight, stayed with me all day.
All families go through a lot. Keith and I were not emotionally healthy people when we married so we especially went through a lot. More to the point of this thread, ministry families go through a lot. And, what makes ministry difficulties particularly complex is the impact they
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4 Dec
“And the second son [Joseph] named Ephraim and said, ‘God has made me fruitful in the land of affliction.’” Gen 41:52

Fruitfulness. I grow more and more convinced this is the aim. This IS the blessing. This side of the veil in this land of thorn and thistle, this IS the point.
“My Father,” Jesus said, “is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.”

Increasingly through the years this has become my primary prayer for my kids, grandkids, my husband, for my extended family, loved ones, friends & for Living Proof:
“Lord, make us immensely fruitful for Your great glory.” You may be yawning. Nothing new to see here. But I ask you to appreciate with me what this kind of outlook toward the goal of our earthly lives does for us. Fruitfulness is not dependent on things going well.
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