On the way to the final meeting on our missions revival at church last night, I was asking Lindsey in the car what Bible person she had studied in school. She said “Moses, and how he parted the sea and all that stuff. But I already know the whole story.”

She went on: “And we talked about the 12 things that God did…what are they called?”

Me: “The ten plagues?”

“Yeah, I was confused. The ten plagues.”

Me: “The frogs, and flies, and blood…”

“Yes. Timothy, all the water everywhere turned to blood!”

…a few moments of silence, then she said “But I really don’t understand. God told Moses to talk to Pharaoh, but He told Moses that Pharaoh would say ‘no’! I just don’t understand why God would tell Moses to talk to him if He already knew he would say no. I just don’t understand.”

And as only God could work things out, two things immediately came to my mind. The first was Dan Phillips post at TeamPyro on Tuesday, which I already linked to last night. Wow — even down to the same story in the Bible.

And the second thing, related to the conclusion in Dan’s post, was part of the catechisms we have been teaching both the kids: “Lindsey, you already know the answer. It’s the same as the answer to this: Why did God make you and all things?”

“For his own glory.”

God is good.