“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” Proverbs 27:17, NIV. When we attempt to teach our children a task, there’s always a tension between doing it the “right way,” and allowing our kids to learn through creative mistakes. Our hedges might need to regrow as they hold an electric trimmer. We might need to repaint a wall as our kids learn to use a roller. And we might need to think of a unique use for a cucumber, when a zucchini was on their shopping list. Ofte

“Moses said to God, 'Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?' God said to Moses, 'I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ God also said to Moses, 'Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my name forever, the

“But whenever he (Moses) entered the LORD’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,” Exodus‬ ‭34‬:‭34‬, ‭NIV‬‬. At this point in history, Moses had just spent his second set of “40 days” on Mt Sinai, Exodus 24-31 and Exodus 34. Moses did not eat or drink but listened and wrote down what God told him to write, Ex. 34:27. When Moses returned to the people, he was radiant with God