Dear God,
Sometimes I wonder why you ever even created
humans. It seems like the world would have been a lot simpler if you only made
plants and stuff, because they can't complain all the time. You should hear
what it's like in my neighborhood! (well, You probably do, don't You?) Anyway,
let me tell you all the great things that have happened and how these crazies
reacted...
A long time ago, before I was born our whole
nation lived inside of another nation. We were slaves in Egypt. I guess we had
moved there during a famine and been very prosperous, but then all of the
sudden one of the Pharaohs didn't like us and made us slaves. But anyway,
during that time Pharaoh had said to kill all the new born baby boys and so
they did, but there was one mom who made a basket and put her son into the Nile
River and the princess found him and adopted him. She named him Moses (Ex
2:5-10). So his life was spared, but he grew up as an Egyptian. Then when he
was older he did something bad and ran away from home. I guess that is when he
learned about You (cause the Egyptians don't believe in You) because years
later he came back and tried to set our nation free.
The problem was that Pharaoh was mean and he
didn't want to lose his slaves. So Moses did miracles from You! 10 different
ones! Pharaoh kept saying no until the very last one. Daddy says that was so
sad, because that one was the death of the firstborns. I guess anyone who
didn't put blood on their doorposts on a certain night woke up to find their
firstborn dead (Ex 12). That was more than Pharaoh could handle and he sent us
away.
Everyone was so happy and excited to go and
thankful to You, but it didn't take long at all and they were all yelling at
Moses and mad at You. But You kept on showing them miracles. You parted a sea
for them to walk through, You wrote Your law on stone tablets, You were a cloud
by day and fire by night, you gave them food and water in the desert! Wow! But
they kept on doubting you. Daddy says that they finally made it to the land you
promised them and he got to go in as a spy to check it out with 11 other guys.
He remembers how scary it was, but he knew that with Your help they could do
anything so when they got back he told them all how excited he was for the
battle. But they were scared and turned away from You again, God! That's when
you made us wander for 40 years in the desert. I was born during the wandering.
At least I didn't have to go for all 40 years!
Now we are finally obeying You and taking back
the land. It always fun to see all the men going off to battle. Daddy is pretty
old now, but he always encourages the young soldiers and reminds them with You
they have no reason to fear.
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