The curious phrase: “Land O Goshen!” is a way folks in the southern US expressed amazement or angst. As we look at today’s world, the biblical land of Goshen gives us good reason for amazement and frustration.
(Photo: Land of Goshen in Eastern Nile Delta. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
As Christians in a fallen world, it’s easy to feel like the wheels are coming off of God’s plan. After all:
- Morality is optional.
- Truth is relative.
- Disease runs rampant.
- Power is abused.
And (here’s the rub) God stands by and allows it all.
But the land of Goshen offers us hope.
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