Okay, so you've already noticed that you can tell what book I've been reading by what quotes and thoughts I share in my sporadic blogging. *grin*
Today I'm just beginning Signs of Life by David Jeremiah. He's already caught my attention in the introduction by sharing this:
"From Isaac Leib Peretz, a Jewish writer, comes this captivating tale:
In a small Jewish town in Russia, there is a rabbi who disappears every Friday. His devoted disciples boast that during those hours, their rabbi goes up to heaven and talks to God.
A stranger moves into town, and he's skeptical about all this, so he decides to check things out. He hides and watches. The rabbi gets up in the morning, says his prayers, and then dresses in peasant clothes. He grabs an axe, goes off into the woods, and cuts some firewood, which he then hauls to a shack on the outskirts of the village. There an old woman and her sick son live. He leaves them the wood, enough for a week, and then sneaks back home.
Having observed the rabbi's actions, the newcomer stays on in the village and becomes his disciple. And whenever he hears one of the villagers say, "On Friday morning our rabbi ascend all the way to heaven," the newcomer quietly adds, "If not higher."
As we start our Signs of Life journey together, our goal is to--like this rabbi--go up higher, to draw closer to God by serving His people--and not just on Friday, but on every day of the wee."
I've been thinking a lot about service and servant hood lately. Methinks this book is going to challenge me to do more... serve more... love more.
Today I'm just beginning Signs of Life by David Jeremiah. He's already caught my attention in the introduction by sharing this:
"From Isaac Leib Peretz, a Jewish writer, comes this captivating tale:
In a small Jewish town in Russia, there is a rabbi who disappears every Friday. His devoted disciples boast that during those hours, their rabbi goes up to heaven and talks to God.
A stranger moves into town, and he's skeptical about all this, so he decides to check things out. He hides and watches. The rabbi gets up in the morning, says his prayers, and then dresses in peasant clothes. He grabs an axe, goes off into the woods, and cuts some firewood, which he then hauls to a shack on the outskirts of the village. There an old woman and her sick son live. He leaves them the wood, enough for a week, and then sneaks back home.
Having observed the rabbi's actions, the newcomer stays on in the village and becomes his disciple. And whenever he hears one of the villagers say, "On Friday morning our rabbi ascend all the way to heaven," the newcomer quietly adds, "If not higher."
As we start our Signs of Life journey together, our goal is to--like this rabbi--go up higher, to draw closer to God by serving His people--and not just on Friday, but on every day of the wee."
I've been thinking a lot about service and servant hood lately. Methinks this book is going to challenge me to do more... serve more... love more.
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