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Commitment

A man named Hidesaburō Ueno taught at Tokyo’s Imperial University in the 1920s. Every afternoon, he returned on the 3:00 p.m. train to find his dog, Hachiko, waiting for him. One day Professor Ueno suffered a stroke during class and died. When he didn’t get off the afternoon train, Hachiko lingered a while, then went home. The dog returned the next day at 3:00, and the next day, and the day after that, for ten years. Hachiko’s loyalty touched the hearts of many Japanese, who came to sit with him.

 

Elisha was similarly committed to his master, Elijah. On the day Elisha knew he would lose him, Elisha refused to let him out of his sight. Then a chariot of fire whisked Elijah to heaven. Elisha said: “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” (2 Kings 2:12). He picked up Elijah’s cloak, the symbol of the prophet’s power that had parted the Jordan moments earlier (v. 8), and asked, “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” (v. 14). He struck the water, which parted as it had for his master. What a bittersweet day! –Our Daily Bread

 

THOUGHT  OF THE DAY:🤔  Trish and I are blessed with old friends, some of whom are visiting with us this weekend. We have been sharing some of our concerns for the Boomer generation:

 

Then: Moving to California because it was cool.  Now: Moving to California because it’s warm.

Then: Rolling Stones.  Now: Kidney stones.

Then:Long hair. Now: Longing for hair.

Then: Acid rock. Now: Acid reflux.

Then: Getting out to a new, hip joint. Now: Getting a new hip joint 

And so it goes….