Emphasis Preaching Journal

The story of Elisha's determination to stay with Elijah until he was taken reminds one of the determined frog. It so happened that a frog decided to explore the inside of the farmer's barn. Being a bit careless, he fell into a half-filled pail of milk. After swimming around the pail, the frog discovered that the sides were too steep and slippery for him to climb. The milk was too deep for him to put his legs on the bottom and propel himself out of the pail. But the frog was determined. He kicked and squirmed, kicked and squirmed, and in the process turned the milk into butter.