Day 10 – Humble Retrospect Sep 27
In a humble retrospective moment, I can proudly say that today was one of discovery. Although our group boasts of 37 people, from all corners of the land of liberty (and of the world for that matter!), today of all days we achieved a true since of oneness, together pursing the mind and love of Christ. Maybe it was the moment we walked amongst ancient olive trees, yielding rows of precious shade, and whose pruning process provides significant pictures of our place in the Jewish roots of our faith, that led us one step closer to a communal heart. Perhaps it was when we all stood atop Mt.Carmel, verging on the edge of spiritual combustion, proclaiming the Shema over the Jezreel Valley that coerced us into a deeper understanding and hunger for the heart of Elijah. And let us not forget the spiritual impact of lunch, whose relevance is second only to that feeling you get in the moments you’re standing over the eternal beauty of the Mediterranean Sea, as its waves crash into the ruins of Herod the Great’s marble seaside empire; whose remnants are gleaming in the tide as it goes out. A prayer here, a psalm there, and before we know it, we are passing over into the historically rich, and contemporarily breath taking city of Jerusalem. The Dome of the Rock adorns the horizon as the sun sets in this Holy city; we pull up to the hotel in prayerful thanksgiving for the day behind us and the adventures before us. Amen.
p.s. God bless you Mom!
—Colton Moore.
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