tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199367098526365458.post2821805754045890713..comments2023-07-15T05:00:09.606-07:00Comments on Bible Book Club: Exodus 10 - Locust and DarknessCarol Ann Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676125721105006155noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199367098526365458.post-18286003519907166622023-04-16T13:16:39.911-07:002023-04-16T13:16:39.911-07:00I am reading through these and commenting on every...I am reading through these and commenting on every single one, and it is always great to see comments from friends. <br /><br />I want to continue to pray for a SOFT heart toward God. I have seen some turn away over these last fifteen years, but I have seen more continue to have very soft hearts. Carol Ann Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676125721105006155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199367098526365458.post-90521469720360196862008-02-28T05:48:00.000-08:002008-02-28T05:48:00.000-08:00I was also pondering Pharaoh's hard heart. Pharaoh...I was also pondering Pharaoh's hard heart. Pharaoh's servants and the Egyptian people in general did NOT harden their hearts toward God and Moses. Pharaoh's servants tried to get him to relent, but he wouldn't even listen to them. God made it so very clear to him who He was and how powerful He was, and it's hard to think that there wasn't even a tiny chink in Pharaoh's armor!<BR/><BR/>To me it serves as a warning that a little hardening of the heart can lead eventually to a completely hardened heart. I have learned that *I* can harden my heart very easily (surprise myself sometimes), but *God* can soften it. So I have to keep asking God to soften my heart toward Him (or not to allow my heart to get hard in the first place).Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130030009656711939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199367098526365458.post-59945803530964604682008-02-27T13:22:00.000-08:002008-02-27T13:22:00.000-08:00I really love hearing about how these plagues were...I really love hearing about how these plagues were directed at Egypt's "gods" -- I didn't know that and It really makes the narrative much more pwoerful to me. <BR/><BR/>I sometimes don't understand WHY God would harden someone's heart, but I guess it was already hard to begin with. Part of me think it isn't fair for God to keep hardening his heart, so I guess that's one of the things I'll want to find out about once I see Him face to face....Susanne Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12773089562677921118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199367098526365458.post-89684976790237928132008-02-27T06:20:00.000-08:002008-02-27T06:20:00.000-08:00Just want to say Amen to your prayer. I've been p...Just want to say Amen to your prayer. I've been pondering Pharoah's hard heart. He already had a hard heart, it says, and it also says both that he hardened it and that God hardened it. You would think (at least I would!) that SEEING the hand of God at work so visibly and that recognizing His great power would soften it, but I think to a heart that is so tough and full of pride, often God's signs and miracles - the acts of God - only serve to harden it more. <BR/><BR/>Again I am hit, too, with how important God's NAME is to Him...Dancingirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400203620215712439noreply@blogger.com