...but for this purpose
have I let you live,
to show you My power,
so that
   My name may be declared
throughout all the earth.

                Exodus 9. 16

(Not anything that can be
       explained away.
What does it take to recognize
    God's love for you,
to realize His power in your life?
The plagues were not
          all about convincing Pharoah.
Moses needed to know
     beyond a shadow of a doubt
that "I am the LORD,"
for all that he was
          about to experience.)