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To look with the third eye is possible for us. This mode of vision is known by many names: Conversion, enlightenment, transformation, contemplation, holiness. This is the pearl of great price that you sell everything you own in order to buy.
When I was fifteen, I asked my dad why he didn't go to Good Friday Service. He said, "I can't, it's just too depressing." I wish I had him with me still so that I could help him understand the real meaning behind the cross.
"Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?" the people demand of Moses. Think about it... It's been forty years and they haven't gotten anywhere. They've being doing nothing but wandering around in circles, eating the same manna and sleeping in tents. No wonder the people are impatient!
People say, “It’s not what you know, but who you know.” But “what you know” and “who you know” are both important. What we often overlook is: how you know.
Our basketball team played in the state tournament in Harrison. Some of us bought rubber snakes, and put them on top of the TV in our motel room. We forgot one thing. The room hadn’t been cleaned yet. The housekeeper practically destroyed the TV with her broom in her effort to kill the snakes.
When the Israelites focused on the snake on the pole, it saved them. Instead of looking down, they looked up. God saves us when we focus on him rather than the little things in life that irritate us.
The Israelites complained to Moses about the good ole days. “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” they cried. When we lament about the good ole days we often forget how difficult they were.
Yahweh sent fiery serpents, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. The people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us." Moses prayed for the people.