January 30 "I Know" Exodus 1-3

I am so taken with the thought that Scripture interprets me. Something in Exodus 3:7-10 touches something deep inside of me.  My God knows my sufferings.  "I have surely seen the affliction of my people."  "I have heard their cry."  "I know their sufferings."  "And I have come down to deliver them." Summoned to a new place flowing with whatever it is we need way down deep.  A land of rest not striving.  A land of peace not circumstances.  A land of good not solutions. 

"I will send you, Moses."  And Moses answers with questioning reluctance in Exodus 3:11.  Oh God!  "Who am I?"  Humble diffidence.  Awkward in my own skin.  A lack of self-confidence. 

But t.h.i.s. is about interpreting me:  what happened to my trust in God's Word, my dependence on God's Power?  Crawl out of my skin into His.  Flesh this thing out.  Send me into my world, O God, to love and live this day. 

COME BOLDLY:  Timeless Prayers
I've lost my book.  So, I come boldly to say I need you to help me crawl out of this mess I am in.  Help me to focus on the task you have given that brings me to this day.  Help me to walk alive this day.  And send me to this new place you have for all of us.  A place of deep meaning and awakened rest.

PHOTO:  Watching the sun set tonight.  Wondering about this awkward place in my own skin in the midst of it all.   So touched and taken with the surrounding beauty outside my classroom window.  Let go, Bev.  God knows.  God will deliver.