That’s a popular phrase recently – “it’s not about you” – but it’s a pretty important thing to remember. Often, it just isn’t about us. Sometimes, occasionally, it is about us, and it’s good for us to be aware of when that’s true. But mostly, it’s about someone or something else. If only Moses had [...]
Posts Tagged ‘patience’
It’s not about you.
Posted: March 3, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: Aaron, humility, Moses, patience, power
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The slow work of God
Posted: February 14, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: exodus, Moses, patience, providence, Teilhard de Chardin, time
The story of the exodus, of God bringing God’s people out of slavery into freedom, is one of the very most central stories in all of Scripture. It tells us lots of important things about who God is and who we are as people of God. It is dramatic, and flashy, and important – and [...]
Ishmael comes up very little in the Bible, and yet, in what does come up, he’s an amazingly interesting character: -conceived in strange circumstances -abandoned by his father, and nearly by his mother -saved in the wilderness by God -destined to be the father of a great nation -and (not in today’s reading, but) despite [...]
When you wish upon a star…
Posted: January 12, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: Abraham, covenant, faith, patience, wishing
Abram really, really wanted a son. He wanted one so much that it seemed like none of the other blessings God had given him, or even could give him, would matter at all, if he didn’t have a son. He starts to sound pretty desperate about it. But even in that desperation, Abram counts on [...]
Noah has more patience than I have. And maybe more faith. We think about the flood as lasting 40 days and 40 nights. But that was just the rain part. It took five months before the boat could even land on the first high mountain peak… two and a half more months to see other [...]
