There are many perplexing things in the passage from the Hebrew Scripture.
1. Why did Aaron tell the Israelites to bring the rings from the ears of "their wives, sons, and daughters" and not the rings from their own ears? Was it that the men didn't wear earrings? Or maybe Aaron had some other thought in mind for the men in the group.
2. Why did Aaron proclaim a "festival for the LORD (the tetragrammaton - from the Hebrew the personal name of the God)" when he created an idol? Was he that far gone that he mistook his own work, the golden calf, for the actual God of Israel? I would hope not.
3. I wonder if Moses was taken aback by God's statement that a great nation would come from Moses considering he must have been pretty old at that time.
4. In building and worshiping the golden calf it seems that the image of the Israelite's comfort (the gold and jewels that came from Egypt - the land of their oppressors) had been transformed into the idol - the thing that they worshipped.
A perplexing question: are we tempted go back to where we thought we were comfrotable (although we know our comfort in that place was a lie) or do we choose to go on to where God has called us to go, even if it is a difficult place?
It is my prayer that I find the courage to trust God and continue on to that place where I believe God has called me to go.
Peace and God's speed...
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