Right now, lovely ladies, I am reading the story of Moses. I reaaaaaally, truly, madly love this story. First, the movie is freaking amazing and makes me cry every time. Second, I LOVE THE CONCEPT!
Why I Love The Story of Moses
A Collective List By Laney Blau
1. Moses wasn't perfect before he worked miracles.
When God is talking to Moses through the burning bush, Moses is afraid. Pssssh, I would be, too. Basically, Moses is like, I'm no Barrack Obama. I can't give moving speeches to the nations to make people want to change. How can you expect me to do this thing?
Now on a side note, I don't think that this is murmuring. It's not like he is saying "This is a hard thing you have required us to do," like Laman and Lemuel, who came more than 1000 years later, but Moses thought he didn't have the tools to be successful.
Back on track though, the Lord says ... Well, I really can't paraphrase this ... so here it is in vs. 11 & 12 of chapter 4. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ... have not I the Lord? Therefore, go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou wilt say.
Wow. Isn't that powerful? Essentially, the Lord is saying, I know you are weak, because I made you, but I will take over and make you GREAT. I love this!
2. Moses went against everything he knew to follow the Lord.
Growing up as an Egyptian for most of his life, and a Prince at that, Moses was privy to every comfort imaginable in the ancient world. He was sitting pretty high up there with the kingdom, but things start deteriorating after he KILLS a man of his own. (Another imperfection of his.)
He runs off and becomes a Hebrew ... or whatever the desert people are, and then settles down. After he hears God through the bush, he gets up and leaves.
Wait ... Hold the phone! He just got up? Well, yeah. And I think that there is the difference between our favorite murmurers and Moses. Laman and Lemuel didn't have enough faith to just go. Moses did. End of story.
Maybe Moses feared, but he had the best cheerleader behind him -- the Lord. (I'm trying to picture that right now ... Go Moses, he's our man!)
3. Moses is a Stud.
Enough said.
Needless to say, this is an incredible story that gives me hope, because as an ordinary person, I can't do much. But with the Lord, I can be GREAT!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Genesis
I finished all of Genesis, and am now moving on to Exodus. I wasn't expecting Genesis to be as interesting as it was; I actually liked it.
The thing that stood out to me most was how... mean all of the old testament heroes were. Like Joseph buying the people of Egypt as slaves in exchange for food that he himself took from them in the first place. Or Jacob tricking Esau out of his birthright (and his blessing); also later when he accidentally married Leah and had to work seven more years to marry Rachel (which is okay, I guess, but how he treated Leah was so sad. There were several verses like "Now I shall bear my husband a son, and then he shall love me" and I almost cried. Poor Leah!) Or Simeon and Levi destroying a whole city just because the prince defiled their sister.
I don't know how these guys found favor in God's eyes; they're so cruel. And I don't get the polygamy either. I guess since Moses hadn't received the 10 commandments yet, there was no official law. Possibly.
I also thought reading the specific blessings of the twelve tribes was cool, althouh it took forever to make any sense of it. And the story about Lot's daughters... eww. 'Nuff said.
Anyways, Genesis down! Only the rest of the old testament+3 other books to go! And, Tori, the new design is gorgeous! ^_^
The thing that stood out to me most was how... mean all of the old testament heroes were. Like Joseph buying the people of Egypt as slaves in exchange for food that he himself took from them in the first place. Or Jacob tricking Esau out of his birthright (and his blessing); also later when he accidentally married Leah and had to work seven more years to marry Rachel (which is okay, I guess, but how he treated Leah was so sad. There were several verses like "Now I shall bear my husband a son, and then he shall love me" and I almost cried. Poor Leah!) Or Simeon and Levi destroying a whole city just because the prince defiled their sister.
I don't know how these guys found favor in God's eyes; they're so cruel. And I don't get the polygamy either. I guess since Moses hadn't received the 10 commandments yet, there was no official law. Possibly.
I also thought reading the specific blessings of the twelve tribes was cool, althouh it took forever to make any sense of it. And the story about Lot's daughters... eww. 'Nuff said.
Anyways, Genesis down! Only the rest of the old testament+3 other books to go! And, Tori, the new design is gorgeous! ^_^
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Genesis ... Goodness.
Alright, so I'm kinda new at this blogging thing ... But, let's just jump in!
I was a little freaked out about all the crap and deep doctrine we'd have to read in the OT ... because, honestly, what 15/16 year old reads about that kind of stuff, let alone the whole Bible? Not many ... Except for this super hot guy I met at EFY, but that's a different story. I can barely stay awake in my Sunday School class, thank goodness I have good teachers. :D
So, I was floating along with the Noah's Ark, and Abraham and Isaac, that's all pretty "I learned in Sunday school stuff" of the OT ... but I think a few things I didn't know kinda weirded me out.
1. Abraham and his concubines.
I thought that this stuff was illegal, a big N-O for Heavenly Father and stuff, so when I read about these women, I was like, "What the heck was Abraham thinking!?!" Obvious answer, he wanted children, and he knew that his wife wasn't going to have very many, so his opted the unrighteous route. But I'm almost 99% positive that that isn't the right answer ... Hmmmm, what do you guys think?
2. The sons of Jacob.
They're all over the place. I didn't really understand why Reuben wanted to save Joseph's life. I mean, wasn't he the one that most wanted the birthright as the eldest son? It really made me think about what was going through their heads as they made those crappy decisions ... And more importantly, what was going on through Joseph's head.
He must have been freaking mad at first ... I mean, I wouldn't enjoy being thrown in a pit either ... I'm sure the Lord would understand. I'm sure he wondered why he had been abandoned by the Lord, but I LOVE how this story really captures the bigger picture. How the Lord has a plan for all of us.
3. Lot and his Daughters ...
OH MY FREAKING WORD, that was a little nasty. I bet we could all apply this by rationalizing going out with crap guys here because we didn't think there was any way else to be happy ... Except this story happens to be 50000000 times worse. Those children must be intensely disfigured. :D
Needless to say however, I really have enjoyed Genesis, at least more than I thought I would.
I liked the story of Dinah, when she goes to the city where her friends were, and then she is seduced by that King guy, I forgot his name. I think that she had good intentions, but then made bad choices and lost reasoning. It really freaks me out that sometimes we are really close to sin, and if we made just one bad choice, that's it.
That's all I have for this week guys! :)
I was a little freaked out about all the crap and deep doctrine we'd have to read in the OT ... because, honestly, what 15/16 year old reads about that kind of stuff, let alone the whole Bible? Not many ... Except for this super hot guy I met at EFY, but that's a different story. I can barely stay awake in my Sunday School class, thank goodness I have good teachers. :D
So, I was floating along with the Noah's Ark, and Abraham and Isaac, that's all pretty "I learned in Sunday school stuff" of the OT ... but I think a few things I didn't know kinda weirded me out.
1. Abraham and his concubines.
I thought that this stuff was illegal, a big N-O for Heavenly Father and stuff, so when I read about these women, I was like, "What the heck was Abraham thinking!?!" Obvious answer, he wanted children, and he knew that his wife wasn't going to have very many, so his opted the unrighteous route. But I'm almost 99% positive that that isn't the right answer ... Hmmmm, what do you guys think?
2. The sons of Jacob.
They're all over the place. I didn't really understand why Reuben wanted to save Joseph's life. I mean, wasn't he the one that most wanted the birthright as the eldest son? It really made me think about what was going through their heads as they made those crappy decisions ... And more importantly, what was going on through Joseph's head.
He must have been freaking mad at first ... I mean, I wouldn't enjoy being thrown in a pit either ... I'm sure the Lord would understand. I'm sure he wondered why he had been abandoned by the Lord, but I LOVE how this story really captures the bigger picture. How the Lord has a plan for all of us.
3. Lot and his Daughters ...
OH MY FREAKING WORD, that was a little nasty. I bet we could all apply this by rationalizing going out with crap guys here because we didn't think there was any way else to be happy ... Except this story happens to be 50000000 times worse. Those children must be intensely disfigured. :D
Needless to say however, I really have enjoyed Genesis, at least more than I thought I would.
I liked the story of Dinah, when she goes to the city where her friends were, and then she is seduced by that King guy, I forgot his name. I think that she had good intentions, but then made bad choices and lost reasoning. It really freaks me out that sometimes we are really close to sin, and if we made just one bad choice, that's it.
That's all I have for this week guys! :)
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Yay!
Hurrah, I finally got around to setting the blog up! Feel free to change whatever you want (particularly the design; I don't like it very much). The controls are a bit daunting at first, but it's easy once you get the hang of it. To make a new post, just click on the "new post" button at the very top; make sure to add a title and labels. To comment on an existing post, scroll to the little bar beneath the post and click on "comments". For everything else, click on the "design" button at the top and navigate around with the tabs. It's rather self-explanatory.
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