“From the cup I drink of you shall drink; the bath I am immersed in you shall bathe” (Mark 10:39).
In the introduction to a book entitled “Being Home,” there is a beautiful little story that speaks to the reality of all of us being in the same boat, moving toward a common destiny. The story begins at the beach. The author was walking along the water ’s edge and, in her words…
A little boy with a wet, sagging diaper, ran into the water with the half-stumbling motion of infants who have just learned to walk. I first thought he would fall, and then that he would not stop until he was in over his head. But this child knew when he was in deep enough. Seeing him with the Long Island Sound lapping against his chubby thighs, I realized that from his perspective these small waves were giants. He was with something VERY BIG.
He turned and walked unsteadily out of the water…
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