Impossible to Know

Can you really know if today, yesterday or tomorrow is, was or will be a bad day?

I’ve complained about work-days on frequent occasions. I’ve made numerous comments indicating what kind of day I’ve experienced.  I might even do it every day, come to think about it. Maybe you’ve voiced similar statements;

• Today was OK.  
• Yesterday was horrible.  
• Tomorrow will be a disaster.  
• Last Saturday was amazing.  

Judgment

We all judge.  We're told not to. We're told again and again in various ways.  

Bible Study Tools  provides 37 verses to look at if we're even mildly curious.

And yet, we fail.  

Well, I do anyway.  

Sky Bridge

“Hello!  How was your weekend?” she said.

“It was great!  After that horrible week, I left Saturday for the Red River Gorge in Kentucky about 7AM so that I’d get there …”  “OH!  I’ve BEEN there”, she interrupted.  “We went there with my brother and his wife last October.  I remember the leaves were just turning colors and it was beautiful! Warm but not humid.  Perfect weather.  Did you see the Sky Bridge?  We walked over it and under it.  It was incredible.  Well, I gotta’ go. Have a great day!”

What's In Your Hand?

Moses is tending sheep on Mount Horab and comes across a burning bush.  It captivates him as the shrub is not consumed by fire. God calls to Moses and asks him to approach the Pharaoh to obtain the release of the Israelites from Egyptian captivity.

God assures Moses that He will be with him.  But Moses begins a session of arguments

• Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh to release the Israelites?
• What if the people want to know Your name?
• What if the Israelites don't believe me?
• I am not a good speaker.
• And finally, not me God.  You've got the wrong guy.

Well, of course, God patiently (for a while, anyway) provides encouragement and answers to each of the concerns identified by Moses. At one point,

...the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?" "A staff,” he replied. Exodus 4:2

God then shows Moses how to use the staff to convince people to listen to him.