Tuesday: It is darkest just before dawn

From Exodus 5-9:

1.It is darkest just before dawn. In Genesis 6:9, it is interesting that the Israelites reach a point where they are not willing to even listen to Moses and Aaron. I can imagine how pointless and futile it must have seemed for them, because they were being "punished" in a manner of speaking for each time that Moses and Aaron went before Pharaoh. Sometimes God allows situations to get very bad before he steps in, just to test our faith.

2. It is interesting that until the gnats, the Egyptian magicians did a small "trick" and explained away God's work. Then, when the gnats are made from dust, at that point the magicians acknowledge that "this is the finger of God."

3. I wonder why God chose to use blood, frogs, gnats, and then flies. To me, I would have done one flying insects type of plague and then move on to the next large category. Interesting. Of course, if it were me, I probably would have done three or at most four plagues, the fourth being the death of the firstborn. I guess this demonstrates that God is long-suffering and slow to punish. The new testament shows this in 2 Peter 3:9, where it says "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

I guess I need to learn how to be more long-suffering!



For those of you who are looking for explanations about the reason that OSU would lose to Florida, I can tell you why.

OSU was beat by a coach originally from Ohio - a guy from the county I grew up in: Ashtabula!!! And he is an OSU alumni. (Though I would have much preferred that OSU win.)