“Es scheint unter Umstaenden einfacher, weiterzulaufen, als lange genug stehen zu bleiben, um die Richtung zu ueberpruefen.” – Kristiane Boellert

“Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.” – James 5:17

“My dear friends,

Introduction:

you should be

• quick to listen and
• slow to speak or to get angry.”

End:

“God’s great concern for us primarily is not our happiness but our holiness.” – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

2 Samuel 19:33-37

“The king said to Barzillai, ‘Cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem, and I will provide for you.’

Introduction:

But Barzilla answered the king,

• ‘How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
• I am now 80 years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and what is not?
• Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks?
• Can I still hear the voices of men and women singers?
• Why should your servant be an added burden to your lord, the king?
• Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in his way?

End:

Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father and mother.'”