Deuteronomy 1:31 reads,
“and in the wilderness. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”
This verse is a reminder of the Jews 40 year journey out of Egypt to the promised land. From their perspective God led them by a pillar of fire and cloud of smoke, but from His perspective He carried them as a Father carries a son. I think this has always been God’s perspective. It’s his heart. In Jeremiah He says,
I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.
This was God’s original intent in creating us and what He is bringing us back too. That we would be His children and trust and rely on Him. This is the message of Jesus…the gospel. It can be seen most clearly in His parable of the Amazing Father, more commonly known as the prodigal son, but the story is really about a Father who’s love is beyond anything we have encountered.
Once you experience His love nothing in this world will ever look the same again.
I too am on a journey out of Egypt. As the old saying goes, you can leave Egypt in a day but it takes years to get Egypt out of you. And I have found this to be all to true.
Esther De Waal once said, “I shall not find Christ at the end of the journey unless He accompanies me along the way.”
This blog is a glimpse into that journey. My journey. My thoughts, the thoughts of those who inspire, laughs, tears, people we have met, relationships we’ve made or that have made us and places we have been.
I say “we” because Father has given me a beautiful wife to walk with me in life for life.
I’m often random and sometimes half-baked but always growing as I learn to live and be changed in the reckless, raging fury of the love who is Father, Son, and Spirit.
Hey Mike, I came across yournew blog, and thought I would drop you a note. I hope things are going good with you and yours. Ilike your writings in this new blog. I moved out of Florida about 3 months ago. I live in North Carolina in a cabin close to the top of the Smoky Mountains. I have electricity most of the time, and internet most of the time. I have an amish stove and firewood for heat, and I couldn’t be happier. I have a stream tht runs behind the cabin that I get fresh mountain trout out of. Very Good!!
I travel about a 1/2 hour down a makeshift dirt and gravel road to get to the nearest town. I hike about 1/2 houor and I reach the top of the Smokies. I sit there and look out over the valleys, talk to Papa, and read Brennan Mannings, “The Furious Longing of God”.
A very simple life, and couldn’t be happier. I found a red tick hound that had been running wild in the mountains for at least a year or more. She had grown into her collar so much it was almost choking her. I took her in and she loves living with me in the mountains and chasing the bears away. Anyway, tell everyone the crazy bearded guy that lives in the mountains and talks to someone named Papa, says hello. ( I think that is how I am known in the town,LOL)
All my best….a simple ragamuffin. Kevin
By: Kevin Shoemaker on November 20, 2009
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