Days 3, 4, and 5

I tell you what... its definitely hard doing something you're not being paid to do. I have managed to let four days lapse between now and my last blog... SHAME ON ME! Thats usually how I do... I'm gunned to do something and I hype it up then I forget I ever started it or I burn myself out... its somewhat like a sugar high.


However, Zack and I have stuck out our fitness plans. He exercises everyday and I have gotten atleast four days in at the gym this week. Our eating has been healthy (for the most part). We did awful on the July 4th (which is probably why I didn't blog about it... SHAME!) We had bar-b-que from One Star Ranch and it was totally awesome! I had the pork sammich(lol), fries, and peach cobbler. MAN! was it good!!! I can't even remember dinner that day (partially, b/c we didn't have any since I didn't cook... SHAME!). I'm going to get on it. I can see my mom shaking her head now... I'm gonna cook ma! I promise you!

Side note: My mom (the good wife she is) cooks all the time and keeps telling me I need to get it together. I'm realizing that cooking is not my thing. Now, I can scrub a mean toilet and tub, wash some mad dishes, and fold clothes all day long! But its something about cooking that I'm just not that proactive about. However, Zack is an awesome cook!

Anyway, I'm gonna cook today. I'm making salmon and something to go with it and probably a puddin or sundae for dessert. We'll see.

I have also been reading my chapters in Exodus (so what I read all the chapters last night!). Its such a good story! The story of Moses takes me back to sophmore year in college when Pam and I took "Old Testament" with that crazy lady. We studied all hours of the night with those stupid flash cards trying to pass those exams only luck enough to get high a "C" or low "B".

Today I'm reviewing Exodus chapters 3-5:

Exo 3: Moses is out in the woods handling some work when he is confronted by God. God comes to Moses in the form of a burning bush! Think about how crazy that must've been. A burning bush thats not burning? But anyway, God tells Moses that He knows of the hardships of His people and He is here to deliver them from Pharaoh and that He's gonna use Moses to do it. (Thats just like God to come get you out of trouble!)

Moses is like, "Who? Me? You want me to do what?! Go against Pharaoh who?" Moses is totally trippin off Gods request (as would most of us if we were standing and talking with a "burning" bush being commanded to go to the President and military talking about "stop what you're doing").

God is like "Dude, don't worry! I'm gonna be with you, everyone will know that, and you're gonna come back to this mountain to give me my props." Moses, at this time, is still worried that the people of Israel won't believe him and asks God what he should say when they ask for Gods name. God tell Moses, "Tell them My name is I AM!"... How hard core is that?!?!? (Not to mention that is the name of one of my favorite songs at church "The Great I AM").

Ok Ok... God tells Moses everything thats gonna happen throughout this whole ordeal. On to chapter 4:

Moses is still going on and on about "what ifs" and God continues to tell him what to expect and that it will all work out just the way He is telling Moses. God then performs a few miracles to show Moses that He's serious about all this. Then Moses starts trippin about how he can't talk eloquently in front of the people and he's "slow of the tongue" and all... even after God showed him He could turn a staff into snake, etc... (I'm thinking we do that today. God gives us a task to do and we back down because we think we're inadequate and that someone else could do the job better... even after God has specifically given US the task. Its totally guaranteed He'll give us the skills if He gives us the task!)

So, now, Moses takes his family and Aaron (the speaker) to go free the people of Israel. He and Aaron show the people the miracles and Israel believed and fell down to worship God.

Exodus 5:

Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh and demand the infamous line "Let my people go!" and Pharaoh is like, "WHAT?!" Pharaoh, in his arrogance, is wondering who is God to make demands like the one Moses and Aaron presented. Moses and Aaron continue to ask that the people be let go in order to worship the Lord for a few days. They stand their ground.

Pharaoh is looking around like, "These cats must be crazy. I've got cities that need to be built and they're asking that my cities be put on pause for some God I don't even know. You and your God MUST be crazy!"

Out of his anger, Pharaoh orders for the work to be harder for the people of Israel. He withdraws the little bit of help he was giving them (bringing them the straw to make the stuff). Israel now has double duty as fas as their work is concerned. Pharaoh would have the people of Israel beat if they had not fulfilled their quota of bricks. At this time, Israel was tired of Moses and his "trying to do Gods work" and they would much rather had been left alone. Israel begins to "dog" Moses and Aaron.

Moses returns to God and questions His entire process and tells Him that He hasn't held up to His end of the bargain (That peer pressure will make you do some crazy stuff... i.e. question God).