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"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.'" - Exodus 10:21 We measure much of our lives by the obstacles we face. I wonder, though, what would happen if we instead measured life by God's faithfulness and steadfastness? Obstacles are just a part of our every day on this side of eternity; God's faithfulness and steadfastness are a piece of the eternal promise we've received. I'm not sure about you, but I often relate to the Israelites, grumbling about my current situation and asking the Lord, "Why does it have to be this way?" "Why am I hitting yet another roadblock in my journey with you? Why is there another person trying to get in the way of this project I'm working on? Why is my spouse not understanding how important my work for the Lord is?" Do any or all of these sound like you? In this world, it's hard not to find ourselves adding up the obstacles, and from what I see in the book of Exodus, our ancestors struggled with this, too. It makes me wonder how I would have measured my life in the midst of their exodus. Can you even imagine? Their story was marked by so many obstacles, yet from my perspective, seeing it all laid out on paper, I see the faithfulness of God ten-fold. | 
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