How can I read Leviticus 2 and the descriptions of the Grain Offerings to God and not be aware of the overflowing offerings God gives so generously to us? Looking out my window I can watch the sun slowly lighten the sky bringing beautiful light, color and warmth; I can eat my bowl of Cheerios…

We come to the Book of Leviticus. The people are camped at the foot of Mt. Sinai where they will stay as God leads them to Him. They have been enslaved in Egypt, a land of idol worship, and will be entering in the future into the Promised Land. God is teaching them to be…

Imagine! Everything is completed for the Tabernacle. Just as the Lord commands, Moses does. The people are there watching with great expectation. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and…

Exodus 39 describes the beautiful garments worn by Aaron, the High Priest, and his sons as they minister before the Lord at the tabernacle. Woven of gold and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, they must have been so very beautiful. On a breastpiece, four rows of precious stones, twelve in…

Reading Exodus 38, I’m struck by the phrases they built…they made…they cast. They are following the directions Moses received from God to build the tabernacle and all the things needed for them to offer sacrifices and offerings – burnt offerings, grain offerings, sin offerings, trespass offerings. Why? God is holy and we are not. We…

Can you imagine how beautiful the Ark of the Covenant was? Exodus 37 describes its’ dimensions and how it was made. I keep thinking about how Bezalel, the craftsman chosen by God to build and oversee the making of everything, worked. As an artist, if I see something I have a better chance of painting…

In Exodus 36 the people gave so much…And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. v. 3. Can you imagine the joy and excitement in being able to work with God in this wonderful endeavor? They brought so much it was more than enough! Recently my husband and I were able to…

I love to imagine what this part must have been like as I read Exodus 35. Where before we were standing at the entrance to our own tents watching as Moses entered the tent outside the camp and God’s Presence was there like a cloud…and seeing that when Moses emerges from that tent his face…

Yesterday I read in the AP about a movement in this country that is calling for a renewal but that is based in hate. Hate for the other side, hate for foreigners coming to this land, hate for anyone not “of us” and people were being baptized into this hate “in the name of god”.…

Can you imagine what it was like in the camp after the awful events of the last Chapter? So quiet. You emerge from your tent when you hear the people stirring from theirs. Moses is moving to the tent he has set up outside the camp where he can meet with the Lord. He goes…