Put Upon—Plenty—But It’s Always Your Loss

The story of Passover isn’t about the leaving of Egypt—it’s what happens after. Because the real test wasn’t the escape—it’s about the conviction to keep moving forward, no matter what, even in the harsh conditions of the desert.

Uncertainty. Fear. No map, no guarantees. Just… hope.

Happy to leave the brutal dictatorship of the Pharaoh of Egypt, they sought a better life and placed their faith in Moses—who clearly had a good rap.

The desert represented freedom—and what they needed to survive in order to get to the Promised Land.

Belief in God was really all they were packing, and they put their faith in a higher power, with Moses as the channel. Then shit happened. And that’s where the people break down and lose faith, not only in Moses, but in God, and themselves due to the weakness of fear.

Even after everything they had seen before leaving Egypt—the miracles, the liberation, the sense of promise—they built the Golden Calf. Pathetic.

Speaking of pathetic, the moment we’re in is no........

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