Heartless

Yesterday, Malachi got stitches/staples for the 3rd time in his young life. He had run, forehead first, into the van door I had opened before he or I saw it coming. Total accident. All boy.

The situation that leads to the death of Pharaoh's son is very different. Moses confronted Pharaoh: "God's Message: 'At midnight I will go through Egypt and every firstborn child in Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl working at her hand mill. Also the firstborn of animals. Widespread wailing will erupt all over the country, lament such as has never been and never will be again.'"

You think this threat would have been enough. If I were Pharaoh, this straw, the mere warning that my son would fall ill, much less die, would break the camel's back. I would have let God's people go BEFORE this tragedy struck.

That's why the death of Jesus, God's only son, is so meaningful to me. It's a sacrifice no one should have to make.

Let's live lives of faith that are worthy of that sacrifice.