For the last couple weeks I've been reliving my childhood by re-reading (for the 100th time) the Laura Ingalls Wilder book series. I used to read them every summer break as a kid, and I loved learning about pioneer life. If I could live in any era, it would be the mid-to-late 1800s.
I just finished On the Banks of Plum Creek, probably my favorite book due to its setting near my hometown-- even though I always get a pit in my stomach when the grasshoppers come and destroy the wheat field. Interestingly, I just read Exodus 10, with a similar account of infestation of locusts- one of the ten plagues that the Lord brings on the Egyptians. On the Banks of Plum Creek even references Exodus; Ma reads the chapter to the girls on a Sunday when Pa has gone east to find work. I feel for the Ingalls family, suffering through a major loss of a crop in which they had placed a lot of their hopes and dreams. Reading about their hardships really puts into perspective what the Egyptians must have gone through with not just the 1 locust plague, but 9 other plagues that culminate in the death of all the firstborn sons and livestock. Talk about major loss. Exodus 12.30 says not one household was left without a death. Yikes. I like the way the NLT version records Pharaoh's reaction to this final plague: "Get out." I read something one time that said the plagues in Egypt fall on areas of life supposedly protected by Egypt's gods. What a way for God to show them who the true God is. The I AM that called Moses to lead his people despite Moses' lack of belief. The I AM that leads them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, through the Jordan, and (eventually) into the promised land. "When my glory is displayed through them, all Egypt will see my glory and know that I am the Lord!” - Exodus 14.18 NLT
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