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             Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’  If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”

The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.  How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” (Exodus 33:12-18) 

Inspired by what I’ve been reading, yesterday morning, I asked God what it was He wants to reveal to me. That’s a big, scary request, but it can be answered with something small, and I’m concerned that I’ll miss it. I know better because God and I have talked about my missing “exits.” If I don’t have to worry about missing an exit, I probably don’t have to worry about missing His revelation of Himself. As I went through the day, the following happened.

My fourth Black Eastern Swallowtail e-closed. She is a typical example of the species, which is to say that she’s pretty. God creates and loves beautiful things and He is sharing some of them with me.

I went to the store to get some pectin so that I can make three more batches of jam or jelly over the next four days. The store has been rearranged so I had to ask for help finding it. When the stock clerk got there with me, she mentioned something about being glad to have found them because she’s looking for a jar to keep coins in. Being my “compelled to help” self, I said, “You know what I did? I cut a hole in the top of a coffee can.”

“Just a normal coffee can?”

“Yep”

“I’m gonna do that.”

End of conversation, until a few moments later when God mentioned something about how easy it was for me to love the clerk, and that it was just as easy for Him to love me.

 I? Easy to love? Maybe easier than I was...


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