so I opened up and read from the beginning of exodus (as the mother of a young child the early years of moses strike such a chord) through when moses' father-in-law comes to visits and suggests that he do a little delegating (thus the judges) and then I fast forwarded to judges for a few chapters.
what I've found is this thread of faith is WOVEN back and forth throughout all the stories.
and what I mean is:
-pharaoh gets scared (dare I say he almost fears the Lord / as we all should) as the plagues drag on and concedes to letting the israelites go and as soon as the frogs retreat or the flies disappear or the winds change and the locusts are carried away; he's changed his mind and refuses to release them.
-the israelites are finally freed after years of groaning loudly (so loud that God heard / that just cracks me up the way it's stated). and yet (dramatic pause) when they see the egyptians approaching camp they immediately turn sassy and cry that they would have been better off still enslaved. how quickly they were to blame God for the exodus they'd been asking for!
-then when the parting of the red sea saves them :) they stop their b!tching and sing praises.
-and then they grumble about the water :( and then God fixes it but the they get hungry and complain some more. and then God fixes it. and on and on and on.
so I turned to judges kind of expecting some stories about problems and the judges/leaders/priests/pastors suggested resolutions and what do I get? more of this back and forth thing! and I understand because a lot of time I feel like the moment is all I have. like, whatever is going on now must be the truth. so whether that's spreading a gossip/like story about my friend's ex-boyfriend OR feeling the elated glory of a hymn sung next to my favorite uncle who belts those verses like his last! I guess I need to keep doing this blog. keep trying to keep God at the front of my mind in order to include more of the very very good and less of the bad.
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