Emphasis Preaching Journal

There's an old legend the rabbis used to tell about the prophet Elijah. (Elijah, of course, did not die as other people did, but ascended to heaven in a whirlwind; he still walks the earth from time to time, and is always turning up in unexpected places.)

One day, Elijah is walking through a town when he hears the sounds of a party coming from a large and beautiful house. The prophet twirls himself around, and instantly he's clothed in the rags of a beggar. He knocks on the door.