There is something wrong with my co-ordination.
There has to be!
I can think of no other reason why I have to keep stopping typing to correct typos.
They are annoying and they keep happening.
All you who read this.
Yes both of you.
Hi mum.
All of you as you read away won't realise the time it takes to continually stop to change incorrectly capitalised letters.
I could probably get two posts done per night if I wanted and didn't need to correct.
Generally the second and sometimes the third letter after a capital is STILL a capital.
And "f"s.
Why are there always "f"s in my words when I don't want them?
Perfectly acceptable in cafe or riffle or falafel. But not in eloquent or ambiguous or another big cool word that demonstrates my big vocabulary.
I know I don't type great.
I'm no speedy typer. (typist?)
And I'm definitely not when I have to keep going back and starting again.
My left little pinky seems to get stuck.
Or is it slow out of the block?
Or is it all my other fingers are super quick?
I wish they'd get their act together.
I'm concerned my "Backspace" key may wear out.
Any way minor gripe over.
I think.
Yep. World still turning.
Exodus 4
One moment God is conversing with Moses and things are put in place for Moses to speak to Pharaoh.
Reluctantly speak to Pharaoh.
My guess is he knew Pharaoh from closeup. He knew his moods. He knew his personality.
He didn't want to confront him.
Actually, re-reading the passage, Moses hasn't even gotten to the point of speaking to Pharaoh.
He's scared of speaking to the Israelite leaders!
Does he still see himself as doing the wrong thing and as an outcast?
Who wouldn't want to speak up in front of a heap of people that had been crying out for a way out of the slavery?
Anyone showing signs of any sort of leadership was going to have loads of expectation placed on them by the desperate people.
I keep thinking whether the fact that when things got hard for Moses and he retreated to the desert to be alone, paints a picture of a man who already had a poor self esteem.
He couldn't argue his own case once before when he killed the Egyptian.
How was he going to deal with arguing the case of a nation?
Oh that's right he wasn't.
God was.
Who better to show the limitless power of God?
A quiet loner with little self worth and limited communicative skills, becoming a powerful, confident orator.
God had already thought turning a stick to a snake could be a considered trick, an illusion.
By turning Moses's hand leprous and the promise of turning water to blood, there could no credible doubters.
Except for Moses.
Doh.
I guess this demonstrates not just man's free will to accept or reject what God has said,
but also God's ability to ensure His will is done by providing an alternative that accomplishes what He has planned.
Moses's loss.
Aaron's gain.
Oops nearly missed the point I started.
One moment God is speaking with Moses. Then He is trying to kill him.
Is this because of the sin of not circumcising his son?
We can sin by NOT doing something.
This was a symbol of God's covenant with His people. So a fairly big oversight on Moses's part.
Massive in fact and I think another reflection on his state of mind when he ran away from Egypt. He had forgotten God's promises?
Another reason to not want to speak on His behalf?
Perhaps there's a sense of a slight cringe in his refusal.
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