One of the most famous characters in the Bible was named Moses. Just an ordinary man who was plucked out of the river by Pharaoh's daughter, and grew up in Pharoh's house. He was also tended to by his mother as a wet nurse. He was not perfect by any sense of the imagination. He saw a fellow Egyptian slave being beaten by a taskmaster and ended up striking him and committing murder. Not ordinary.

Moshes Runs Away And Is Given A Job To Do

He flees from Egypt and meets Ziporah, marries her, and tends to her father's sheep. While out sheepherding, he is approached by G-d, who asks him to go to the Pharaoh, the Egyptian King, and request that he release the Israelites from bondage; from slavery.

But Moses has a speech problem. You want ME to go PHAROH and SPEAK TO HIM? Lord, you know that I am slow of speech; why do you ask me? Why not someone else?

Moses had a speaking fear and speech difficulty. That was the LAST THING HE WANTED TO DO!

1. So what's the first message? People with speaking difficulties are, at times, asked to face their fears and speak.
2. Moses is asked 70 times in the Bible by God to speak.
3. Moses is the strongest when he speaks; when he does not talk, he gets into trouble.

• Jerry Seinfeld, one of the greatest comedians of all time, reminds us that the number one fear among most people is speaking in public. The number two fear is death. (That means many people attending a funeral would rather be in the casket than giving the Eulogy.)

• Moses had trouble talking, and he had a message to share. He even got help from Aaron since he needed some help speaking. Moses did what was asked to do without refusal. He was relentless. He believed that what he had to say was vital, and he got people to listen.

• The story of Moses could belong to all of us. A man with speech difficulty and a purpose. He went to Pharaoh numerous times with Aaron to speak to him. Did he have some fear? Most definitely yes, and he had a job to do. Just like many of us. We have things to say; to speak, and not remain silent.

• Yet, if we have difficulty speaking, we can ask for help from a family member, spouse, or close friend. That's how Moses did it, and so can you. We all have things to say, and feel as if we must say what is on our minds.

• Mark Ittleman, M.S. Speech-Language Pathologist. Training Care partners, spouses, and speech-language pathologists in fun and easy techniques to help people with speaking difficulties talk again. markittleman@teachingoftalking.com
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