Tales Strange and True from the Desert
At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place . . . Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed . . .
At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place . . . Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed . . .
A man's troubled journey, as he kicks this earth's dust, is to spiritual formation. The alert know this.
Through the exodus the Lord had separated Israel from Egypt, false worship from true. Separation is holiness.
Circa 1500 B. C. the Israelites fled Egypt for the Promised Land, Canaan. The sons of Abraham were free, but their thoughts were not.
Half a century ago the Beatles longed for yesterday, when troubles seemed so far away.
Slavery in Egypt gave the Israelites a dream. They dreamt of Canaan but tripped in the desert.
Hannah lived in the sand-blasted desperate deserts of her soul. Year after year Elkanah's wife Hannah worshiped and sacrificed to the Lord.
Did Jesus ever make a mistake? His brief season upon planet earth was punctuated in silence, devotion and prayerful solitude. A model we all would do well to heed.
I saw a large number of people trapped by a cave-in. In an instant total darkness fell upon the cave. Some were injured.
#Bitterness slams the door on tomorrow today. But Jesus knowing Judas' betrayal and all its promised bitterness still cleansed filthy dust from His betrayer's feet.