Exodus 9-10 ; Psalm 20 ; Matthew 26:69–27:10 "View from Our Balcony" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Ink & Watercolor on Paper All of our readings today are especially meaningful and applicable for us. In Exodus 9-10, we see how foolish Pharaoh behaves – the stubborn hardening of a leader’s heart to the detriment and entire ruin of his own kingdom! Sound vaguely familiar? We have already seen the plagues of blood, frogs, gnats, and flies. Each of these plagues targete

Exodus 6:13–8:32 ; Psalm 19:7-14 ; Matthew 26:47-68 "Cyclist with Hearts" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Ink Styrofoam Print on Paper Starting at Exodus 6:13 we see the family line of Moses and Aaron. By God’s will and Word, Moses is to be Israel’s deliverer and Aaron is to be his mouthpiece. The Lord wants us to know from whom and by whom He intends to lead His people out of Egypt. Yesterday, we mentioned that Moses was a man of weaknesses – timid about his own leade

Exodus 4:1–6:2 ; Proverbs 4:10-19 ; Matthew 26:31-46 "Monoprint Triptych" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Ink Block Print on Paper Yesterday, in Exodus 1-3, we saw that, under a new king “who did not know about Joseph” (cf., 1:8), the Egyptians now began to oppress the Israelites. As a result, God called on Moses – a man whom God could use – in spite of his weaknesses (cf., 2:11-12). Today we come to Exodus 4:1–6:2 where we see God bestowing on Moses the resources and t

Exodus 1-3 ; Psalm 19:1-6 ; Matthew 26:1-30 "The Heavens Are Telling" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Ink & Styrofoam on Paper Today we come to Exodus 1-3. It is incredible to me that we can know about Joseph today, but this new Egyptian king, who lived in much closer proximity in space and time to Joseph than we do, “did not know about Joseph” (verse 8). How is that possible? It is possible in the same way that millions today know nothing about Jesus Christ. Joseph

Job 40:3–42:17 ; Psalm 18:43-50 ; Matthew 25:14-46 "BAICA Art Show Poster" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Ink & Watercolor on Paper Today in our readings we come to Job 40:3–42:17. As we read through the entire Bible, we will be confronted from time to time by prototypical statements. A prototypical statement or question is one that occurs early in man’s history and reflects or affects the thinking of all men everywhere in every age. In other words, it is a universal s

Job 38:1–40:2 ; Psalm 18:37-42 ; Matthew 24:32–25:13 "Block Monoprint, I" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Ink Block Print on Paper From God’s omniscient and divine point of view, the Scripture readings for today again reiterate how truly ignorant – and therefore how fully dependent – we are on the one and only true God Who knows all things. The first step we all must take toward knowing anything at all is to realize humbly that we are ignorant of the things we don’t know

Job 35-37 ; Proverbs 4:1-9 ; Matthew 24:1-31 "Monochromatic Vine" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Pen & Ink on Paper Today we continue with Elihu’s discourse in Job chapters 35-37. In chapter 35, Elihu says that he has something to say to Job and his three friends (verse 4). He tells them to “look up at the heavens” (verse 5), which is always an excellent reminder of how great our God is. He asks the question, “if you sin, how does that affect God” (verse 6)? God’s Sp