The thing about reading the history of Israel, though (I'm on my latest re-read of Exodus right now) is that it is so very much the history of human nature in general and my own heart toward God in particular. Fearfulness, unbelief, complaining, idolatry... it all hits just a little too uncomfortably close to home. And then there's the incredible patience and mercy of God in the face of all this appalling misbehaviour ("All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people").
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Date: 2007-02-05 04:08 pm (UTC)*sporfles*
The thing about reading the history of Israel, though (I'm on my latest re-read of Exodus right now) is that it is so very much the history of human nature in general and my own heart toward God in particular. Fearfulness, unbelief, complaining, idolatry... it all hits just a little too uncomfortably close to home. And then there's the incredible patience and mercy of God in the face of all this appalling misbehaviour ("All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people").