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Friday, March 18, 2011

Episode 13: March 21 - Wilderness

There seems to be a pattern
(1)   Mountain top
(2)   Wilderness
(3)   Living the new life

First there is an exciting
vision
of a new way of life.

Then the unmerciful
testing
of every fiber of your existence.

Only then is there the
living
of the life envisioned.

Jesus followed the pattern:
mountain top (baptism)
wilderness (40 days)
living the life (ministry.)

I’ve been through it too
in my own way.
And I see the value of it all.
But I do have a question.

Isn’t once in the wilderness
enough?
Why do I have to go through
the whole pattern
each time life is
renewed?

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