My (Our) Exodus

This past Sunday we attended Joe's childhood church, and it was so good to be in the house of the Lord with our family. The pastor's message began with a verse out of Exodus. I didn't catch the address, just the text. I was immediately convicted to begin reading Exodus. After all, we are in a kind of Exodus. Whether or not we actually leave College Station, the perfect plan we had envisioned for January isn't happening. Life is about to drastically change. Like the Israelites, there are some days that I moan and grumble to God: "This is not how I thought this would go..." "We had plans...". You know the drill. I had planned on starting my journey through Exodus on Monday, but I allowed myself to become distracted. I really want to experience the growth that I know God has for me in Exodus, so I am going to keep myself accountable to you. Whoever you are. I am going to write everyday (I hope- even if it's just a verse) and document this journey through our blog.

Exodus 1-2

In the first chapter of Exodus the author describes the forgetfulness of the Egyptians: v8. "Then a new king, who did not know about Joesph..." While the Egyptians were a pagan culture, I still feel the need to parallel them with myself. How often I forget the faithfulness of the Lord. I allow my thoughts to wander and worry and therefore cheat myself out of peace. Again this week Joe and I experienced the awesome faithfulness of God: Joe was only given work for part of November, but because of the full-time hours he did work, he was payed for 3/4 time for the whole month. Basically more money than we expected. We got to buy something that we had been saving for. No that doesn't sound super religious, but we were able to do something and get to enjoy something really fun.

In chapter two we meet Moses. Of course most of us know his mother trusted God to protect her son; however, God not only spared her son, but provided a way for her to raise him. Even now I have no idea where we will call home in about a month, but I know the Lord knows. I hope I choose to trust in that, rather than wandering and worrying.