Author: Scott

“Who will give us meat to eat? For it was better for us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat . . . until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord. Numbers 11:18-20 In reading today’s passage, I could…
Read more

Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving . . . “Oh that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt. . . But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.” Numbers 11:4-6 This time (late…
Read more

If you will not listen to me . . . I will visit you with panic . . . I will set my face against you . . . Leviticus 26:14-17 Though I certainly experienced misery and angst in my addiction, I do not have to go that far back in time to remember the…
Read more

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Leviticus 19:18 In Alcoholics Anonymous, I learned that an addict or alcoholic can have sobriety without recovery. This means that I can avoid active addiction to a drug without ever addressing any of the defects that led to addiction in the first place. In this condition, I may…
Read more

Please show me your glory. Exodus 33:18 You will not be surprised to learn that, as a child, I loved the local Chinese food buffet. When I say that I loved Chinese food though, I am not saying that I wanted to know more about the Chinese culture or who made my food. When I…
Read more

I said to them, “Let any who have gold take it off.” So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf. Exodus 32:24 When confronted with my toxic behavior, I have a couple of methods I employ to avoid liability. I either deflect responsibility, blaming some force…
Read more

Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. Exodus 32:19 Though I consider myself not to be an angry person, it is not unusual to find myself thinking or saying ridiculous things in my anger. When my kids are yelling at…
Read more

The Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people. Exodus 32:14 In my addiction, I found some comfort in blaming destiny, God, or anything beyond my control. I prayed for change, but I remained addicted. I certainly felt like my choices were not my own and frankly, it was…
Read more

He received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. Exodus 32:4 When in medical school, I spent a month at a hospital in Haiti after which I felt my view of material possessions had changed forever. I returned home with the intention to live on…
Read more