I have made his heart and his servants’ hearts as hard as stone.
When I read the Bible,
Six-year-old Joe is never as attentive
As his older brothers.
Sometimes I wonder if he gets anything at all.
We read today about the Ten Plagues
And Pharaoh’s hard heart.
Joe suddenly started repeating what I had just read.
“God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.
God hardened Pharaohs heart?
Why would God harden Pharaoh’s heart?
If he wanted the Israelites to leave,
Why did he harden Pharaoh’s heart?”
It leaves me feeling socked in the stomach,
That my child understands that this is a mystery.
This messes with any tidy understanding
Of free will and agency.
Joe encountered the inscrutability of God today.
Stand amazed with me.
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