Essay number one God invited Moses to free the Israelite people, and despite his vulnerabilities, Moses still completed the task. We can all identify with how Moses persevered and was able to deliver the Israelite people. The events that led to God's call to Moses begin with the killing of the slaveholder in Egypt. One day, when Moses saw a slave driver beating an Israelite slave, Moses killed the driver because he was fed up with the treatment of his original people. After killing the slaver, he realized what the consequences of his crime would be, so he fled to Midian to avoid trial. One day, while he was grazing the sheep, he noticed a mysterious bush that was on fire, but had not burned. He approached the bush to investigate and heard a voice from heaven calling him and telling him to return to Egypt and free the Israelite people from Pharaoh's slavery. Perplexed by who was calling him, Moses asked the voice's name and the voice responded with "I am that I am", and Moses quickly realized that it was Yahweh calling him. He then voices his objections by saying, "Who am I," "Who are you," "I'm not a good speaker," and "Send someone else." But God, having perpetual faith in his creation, gave Moses three signs to convince him that they were: turning his walking stick into a snake, turning his hand into a leper and then healing him, and turning the river water into blood. Moses, slightly reassured, leaves for Egypt and in a series of events manages to free the Israelites from the chains of Egyptian pain. Moses' objections to God's call are vulnerabilities in Moses' character. They show that even Moses, who we now consider a patriarch of the Christian faith, was imperfect... middle of paper... in the sense that the identity of the Israelites was formed because the covenant united them together and the Ten Commandments that God has given to them establish as a system of rules by which they should live their lives, thus establishing them as a unique people. As Christians we can find comfort in the covenant because we know that those same rules apply to us and that the same community still exists in the Christian church today. The relationship I have with my sister is special to me. It's special to me for many reasons; she has always been there for me, taking care of me when no one else did and being a good role model, many of her beliefs and ideals provided the foundation for the formation of my beliefs. My sister is as important to me as God was to the Israelites, both are by my side in my life and both have helped shape me and shape me into the person I am.