…and they ran

Raw emotion, family angst, political intrigue, narcissistic power brokers, destitute men and women…

Sounds like a novel, doesn’t it? Maybe a bestseller.

In truth, I describe my favorite book, a book I read every morning–the Bible.

After decades of reading this book, I still sit to read it and stand later changed. This book, more than any other I have ever read, gives me a window to a world I long to know beyond this world, as well as a mirror image of my imperfect heart and the wisdom to know how to tend to it. In this book I read about men and women, imperfect like me, who met Jesus and discovered love, forgiveness, peace….

On this journey of life and building relationships, I often do it imperfectly. Things get messy. I want to run.

Then I open my favorite book and read about other imperfect people. When their leader, Jesus, was arrested, they should have stood by him, risked their lives for him, spoken to authorities as witnesses to his character, rallied other believers in prayer. . . .

Instead, they ran. They ran!

How human. How real.

And that is why I keep reading this book, my favorite book, the Bible.

What about you?