Tuesday – Pentateuch

Reading – Genesis 12-13

Highlight Verse:

“But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12‬:‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I was a history major in college (the first time around).

I wanted to teach history to teens because, as one of my professors put it,

“he who ignores history is destined to repeat it.”

Pharaoh at the time of Moses must have ignored history.

The Pharaoh at Abram’s time sent Abram and Sarai away with gifts when God sent plagues on his household.

The later Pharaoh took a lot longer to convince.

I’ve also heard it said that, while we should learn from our mistakes, it’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes before they become our mistakes.

I know I learned a lot from my older brother’s mistakes. He had to deal with a lot more problems because he was the one who made them.

I got off easy having avoided some of those pitfalls of youth.

Learning never ends.

One thing I have learned in life is that it is a whole lot easier to find the right path than to stray from it.

I am thankful for all that people in my life who have helped me stay on it (or get back on it when I strayed) – some by good example, some by bad.

What have you learned from history that has influenced your life for the better?
What have you learned from other’s bad examples?