Posted on 09/28/2019 5:00:13 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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September 29
Bible in a Year:
I am who I am. Exodus 3:14
Dave enjoyed his job, but for a long time hed sensed a pull toward something else. Now he was about to fulfill his dream and step into mission work. But strangely, he began to have serious doubts.
I dont deserve this, he told a friend. The mission board doesnt know the real me. Im not good enough.
Dave has some pretty good company. Mention the name of Moses and we think of leadership, strength, and the Ten Commandments. We tend to forget that Moses fled to the desert after murdering a man. We lose sight of his forty years as a fugitive. We overlook his anger problem and his intense reluctance to say yes to God.
When God showed up with marching orders (Exodus 3:110), Moses played the Im-not-good-enough card. He even got into a lengthy argument with God, asking Him: Who am I? (v. 11). Then God told Moses who He was: I am who I am (v. 14). Its impossible for us to explain that mysterious name because our indescribable God is describing His eternal presence to Moses.
A sense of our own weaknesses is healthy. But if we use them as an excuse to keep God from using us, we insult Him. What were really saying is that God isnt good enough.
The question isnt Who am I? The question is Who is the I am?
When has thinking youre not good enough kept you from serving God? How does it encourage you to look at Bible characters God used despite their flaws?
Eternal God, so often we doubt that You could ever use people like us. But You sent Your Son to die for the likes of us, so please forgive our doubts. Help us accept the challenges You bring our way.
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))
Snow yet? Snow in Nevada. Just got rain here in Colorado. Aspen are turning so summer may be over.
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
I hope you got in some good practice at resting today? How is the move to the new shop going? To the new house?
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Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.
Hope you and Blue and Penny enjoyed the day.
Overcast and chilly here today, but I think my connectivity issues are fixed...I hope so or I will have pulled out all my hair.
Still at the lake so yes relaxing, move us going good, house end of November..
Good evening, mountainlion, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Termination dust on the mountains since the beginning of the week. Still getting rain down here. Anchorage is bordered on one side by mountains, and the other side by water. So we are pretty close to sea level.
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
How's everyone doing this morning?
Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))
Did Gizmo lead you on any more chases this weekend.
Are the Mayflies still swarming and choking you?
((LOL))Well, he did try to run towards a family that was out on the dock by the gate because he thought there was a dog there but luckily I got to him and leashed him. We did walk in the bushes and out on the rocks.
Good evening, Janey ((HUGS))...Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Studying going well?
Rosh Hashanah tomorrow.
Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.
Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.
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