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Then they asked him to remain for some days. (Acts 10:48b)
In their new baptism these disciples knew they were on shaky ground and needed more understanding and support. They needed what we all do -- friends. A 200-year-old piece of writing says it well:
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities. But to know someone who thinks and feels with me, and who, though distant, is close to me in spirit; this makes the earth for me an inhabited garden.
-- Goethe (1749-1832)
The friendship, presence, and support of others of like mind can make an inhabited garden of a rocky situation.
In their new baptism these disciples knew they were on shaky ground and needed more understanding and support. They needed what we all do -- friends. A 200-year-old piece of writing says it well:
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities. But to know someone who thinks and feels with me, and who, though distant, is close to me in spirit; this makes the earth for me an inhabited garden.
-- Goethe (1749-1832)
The friendship, presence, and support of others of like mind can make an inhabited garden of a rocky situation.
