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I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians . . . Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. Exodus 3:8-10 When I first attempted to find recovery, I went to outpatient treatment and attended AA meetings.…
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And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. Exodus 3:6 I have a peculiar memory of my kindergarten classroom, where a fellow student and I were playing one day when he suddenly put his hands over his eyes, declaring, You can’t see me. He did this several times, insisting that…
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But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Exodus 4:10 Yesterday, I referenced a job offer I had a couple years ago to work in jail medicine. I said…
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When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Exodus 3:4 In today’s passage, God appeared to Moses, speaking audibly from a burning bush. I’ve often wondered about these Bible stories, wishing that God would speak out loud…
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During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. Exodus 2:23 When my life fell apart due to my addiction, I prayed desperately for God to get me out of…
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I have been a stranger in a strange land. Exodus 2:22 (King James Version) While growing up, I was acutely aware that I just didn’t fit in with the other kids. I felt insecure and it appeared that all the other kids in junior high possessed the confidence of having life all together. I just…
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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and watered their flock. Exodus 2:17 It’s my nature to be a little obsessive about some of my…
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When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. Exodus 2:15 When my world came apart due to my opioid addiction, I felt as though my entire life was reduced to that one event. This seemed unfair. I knew it was a…
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One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. Exodus 2:11 I can’t help but try to pass on my own painful life lessons to my children. So, the other day, I found myself…
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When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. Exodus 2:3 I can think of few things that have changed my wife and me as…
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