Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from February 10, 2008

Trapped Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Exodus 14:27-30 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD swept them into the sea. 28The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. 29But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. 30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. Ever feel caught between a rock and a hard place? Some of us may be feeling that way right now. We all do at some time or another. Middle aged adults feel squeezed between the demands of career and children and aging parents. Middle school students feel the pinch of adolescent. Middle class Americans feel the pressure of trying to live within our means while finding ourselves at the edge of our credit li