{"id":16557,"date":"2025-08-25T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=16557"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:08:52","slug":"a-strange-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/08\/25\/a-strange-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"A strange sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/08\/25\/a-strange-sight\/bowl_of_light_bulbs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bowl_of_light_bulbs.jpg?fit=800%2C599&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,599\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;motorola edge 20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1754735879&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.88&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;638&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bowl_of_light_bulbs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bowl_of_light_bulbs.jpg?fit=800%2C599&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bowl_of_light_bulbs.jpg?resize=800%2C599&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bowl_of_light_bulbs.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bowl_of_light_bulbs.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bowl_of_light_bulbs.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus%203%3A1-5&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Exodus 3:1-5<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. <sup>2<\/sup> There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. <sup>3<\/sup> So Moses thought, \u201cI will go over and see this strange sight \u2014 why the bush does not burn up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><sup>4<\/sup> When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, \u201cMoses! Moses!\u201d And Moses said, \u201cHere I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><sup>5<\/sup> \u201cDo not come any closer,\u201d God said. \u201cTake off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>You Break In<\/h3>\n<p>Into the daily cycle of our lives<br \/>\nWhen all seems well<br \/>\nWith us and with the world<br \/>\nWhen our yoke is easy<br \/>\nAnd the burden light<br \/>\nYou break in<br \/>\n<strong>And scatter our complacency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Into the daily cycle of our lives<br \/>\nWhen we are comfortable<br \/>\nAnd at our ease<br \/>\nWhen the fire is lit<br \/>\nBut eyes are closed<br \/>\nYou break in<br \/>\n<strong>And challenge our dependency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You break into<br \/>\nOur daily prayers<br \/>\nHumble hearts<br \/>\nLay souls bare<br \/>\nYou break in<br \/>\n<strong>You break in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You break in<br \/>\nWhen defenses are down<br \/>\nWith an Angel&#8217;s shout<br \/>\nOr the quietest sound<br \/>\nYou break in<br \/>\n<strong>You break in<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd we change<br \/>\n<strong>And all things change<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you break in<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nwritten by <strong>John Birch<\/strong>, posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithandworship.com\/Prayers_Encounters_with_God.htm#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\">Faith and Worship<\/a> website<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/03\/04\/prepare-a-way\/\">Prepare a way<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/02\/22\/blessed-assurance\/\">Blessed assurance<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/02\/26\/broken-spirit-sacrifice\/\">Broken spirit sacrifice<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exodus 3:1-5 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. 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The people of Israel had grown so numerous that their leader, Moses, was feeling overwhelmed. 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Here is a summary, with some prayer prompts. Two of Jesus\u2019 disciples are headed for Emmaus, about 2 hours walking distance from Jerusalem. As they walk down this familiar stretch of road their conversation is coloured by a flood of mixed emotions. On\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;bible&quot;","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emmaus_the_trip_left.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emmaus_the_trip_left.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emmaus_the_trip_left.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emmaus_the_trip_left.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4329,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/02\/25\/wild-hope-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":16557,"position":5},"title":"Wild hope #1","author":"Irene Bom","date":"February 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On the coast near Belfast, Northern Ireland (Photo: Irene Bom) \u00a0 On 25 February (Lent 2) I preached in my home church in Rotterdam. One of the strands of my sermon was about being in \"God's waiting room\", like Abraham and Sarah were. 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