Tag: 10 plagues
Cover to Cover Reading: Exodus 8:20-11:10 Focus: Exodus 8:22-24; 9:5-7; 9:13-26 Reading through the Plague narrative, one cannot help but wonder at what it would have been like to go through each event and see a nation ravaged by the hand of God through the sheer power of nature. What would it have been like for the Egyptians subject to the hardened heart of Pharaoh and his officials? Even at the price of the plagues, so unwilling to release, holding onto their slave labour force. What a price to pay…
Cover to Cover Reading: Exodus 5:1-8:19 Focus: Exodus 8:8-11 There are times in our lives when we want change, we want to move forward, we want things to start fresh and new. With a new year, we make “New Year resolutions” that we never seem to keep. We look for special occasions to mark a new season in life, “On my birthday, I’m going to change, things are going to be different.” Or it might be the start of a new month or some other special occasion. It’s always tomorrow, but never today.
