Author: Scott

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. Exodus 12:34 Several years ago, while on a fishing trip out in the middle of nowhere, my son got a fishhook stuck in his leg. In urgent care, I’d just numb it up…
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Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel.” Exodus 12:31 In December, I assumed a temporary, or interim, medical director position for the jail medicine program in which I’ve worked as a physician for the last couple of years.…
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At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon . . . Exodus 12:29 There are two kinds of people I meet in jail – those who’ve been there…
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The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:13 With the threat of prison looming over their heads, I’ve seen a…
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This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Exodus 12:2 Years ago, in my first real attempt at recovery, I attended outpatient treatment at New Beginnings. I liked the name as I felt I was starting out on a new journey. I’d…
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So Moses said, “Thus says the LORD: About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die . . .” Exodus 11:4-5 When I was a kid, we had a Frankenstein lawnmower that my dad rebuilt from several old lawnmowers. We had a few…
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And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. Exodus 11:8 In my addiction, I betrayed my wife’s trust, publicly embarrassed her, and engaged in behavior that was incredibly hurtful to her. That hurt often manifest as anger. She would say that in her anger she didn’t handle herself well. That doesn’t mean however, that…
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Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve the LORD; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.” Exodus 10:24 In jail recently, I was talking with the guys about resolutions. Most of those I’ve met in jail resolve to live differently. They promise themselves, their…
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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. Exodus 10:21-22 My life is a continual…
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Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me.” Exodus 10:16-17 I started running marathons in medical school, but then in…
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