I failed to post this when I got back from my conference a few weeks ago . . . but I was in Atlanta, Georgia (my first time–mostly I was at a retreat center, but I got to spend a little bit of time in the city itself . . . ) and I was getting on a train and there in the corner near the stairs to the train platform was a small convenience store. AND THEY SOLD MEGA MILLIONS TICKETS!!!
I literally had the thought that I was glad that it was hidden in the corner so that nobody would see me . . . and I realized immediately afterwards how ridiculous that was . . . because a) nobody in that city knows me and b) more importantly, GOD sees me and HE is the one I am disobeying . . . sigh. time for another psalm . . . (psalm 139:7-12, NIV) Where can I go from your Spirit? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; If I rise on the wings of the dawn, even there your hand will guide me, If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me even the darkness will not be dark to you; |
From the Xanga archives: Asherah Poles, Part 2
Monday, October 30, 2006