“The Word was the true Light that lightens all men” (John 1:9).
Author Paula Duke asks us to picture, in our mind’s eye, a woman journeying through the Red Sea passage, carrying one bundle on her head, another on her back, and dragging a small cart …
Her arms are laden with bracelets, given to her by her former Egyptian mistress. She has coveted those bracelets for a long time and she knows that if her liberation is final they will be hers to keep. But, somehow, bracelets aren’t as captivating when one is in the middle of a lightening storm, with walls of water on either side, a hostile army in pursuit, and only slippery ground to travel on.
How is this woman to deal with her terror? She needs to keep moving step-by-step to where the Pillar of Fire is leading her. She needs to deafen her ears, not to the howling wind or the whimpering of folks all around her, but to…
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