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Posted on 06/07/2021 6:01:27 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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Bible in a Year:
I have come down to rescue them.
After being informed of a 911 call from a concerned citizen, a police officer drove alongside the train tracks, shining his floodlight into the dark until he spotted the vehicle straddling the iron rails. The trooper’s dashboard camera captured the harrowing scene as a train barreled toward the car. “That train was coming fast,” the officer said, “Fifty to eighty miles per hour.” Acting without hesitation, he pulled an unconscious man from the car mere seconds before the train slammed into it.
Scripture reveals God as the One who rescues—often precisely when all seems lost. Trapped in Egypt and withering under suffocating oppression, the Israelites imagined no possibility for escape. In Exodus, however, we find God offering them words resounding with hope: “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt,” He said. “I have heard them crying out . . . and I am concerned about their suffering” (3:7). And God not only saw—God acted. “I have come down to rescue them” (v. 8). God led Israel out of bondage. This was a divine rescue.
God’s rescue of Israel reveals God’s heart—and His power—to help all of us who are in need. He assists those of us who are destined for ruin unless God arrives to save us. Though our situation may be dire or impossible, we can lift our eyes and heart and watch for the One who loves to rescue.
Reflect & Pray
Where does all seem lost and where do you need God’s rescue? How can you turn your hope to Him in this dire place?
God, I’m in real trouble, and if You don’t help me, I don’t see a good ending. Will You help me? Will You rescue me?
Read Why? Seeing God in Our Pain at DiscoverySeries.org/CB151.
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Hey there, radu!
Hope you enjoyed your coolness there while we baked...and lauren was under water. Or at least parts of her town was.
Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*
I imagine you’re about water-logged these days after all the rain that keeps dumping in your area of TX. At least you’re getting a break now. I hope it lasts a while.
Howdy, luvie.
I don’t think you understand our muggy 80-plus degrees vs. your dry. It isn’t cool at all. It was just about unbearable here today and will be all week. Rain every day and when it isn’t raining, it’ll be a steam bath outside.
But not as much rain as lauren’s dealt with - - I hope!
Howdy, Kathy.
I hope the prep you did over the weekend has helped make today go a little more smoothly.
Howdy, PRO.
Did you and son-boy have a good time at the cabin? Did the weather allow any outside activities or did your son become a master cribbage player? :-)
Indeed your humidity trumps my nearly 100 degree dry heat for discomfort. Also, they’ve revised Thur & Fri up to 108. It’s too darn early for that.
The video of that area on Live Storm Chasers was very troubling. I sure hope lauren isn’t stranded at home. At least her home is up a rise. A steep one. LOL!
Bellows is where we captured the first Japanese POW of WW2 (it is where one of the midget submarines washed ashore after the attack) and also some of the scenes of Tom Selleck jogging on the beach in Magnum, P.I. were filmed there, it is a beautiful place!
Bellows has one of the nicest beaches on Oahu. Cannot recall what the hours/days are that non-DoD can visit there.
Care parking under the trees, you can get stuck in the sand.
Park where there are lots of pine needles to act as a mat. Avoid bare sand.
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