Ā Is it possible to flee to the desert a little bit?Ā No and yes.Ā No, you canāt flee a little bit, for fleeing a little bit is not fleeing at all.Ā But yes, you can flee a little bit, if that little bit is complete.Ā Hereās what I mean.Ā We are all called to flee the world, in the sense of fleeing the sinful ways of the world.Ā But we are notā¦
Iām working on a project for a friend who is developing Sunday school curriculum. The project has required that I reread and paraphrase a lot of the Old Testament for reading out loud to children. It has been a good project for me, even if often I have had to make myself do it. It is not very intellectually stimulating. However, reading through the life of Joseph this morning I saw somethingā¦
Saint Paul warns Timothy twice (1 Tim. 6:11 and 2 Tim. 2:22) to flee temptation. On an external level, this fleeing takes the form of exiting yourself from the situation, like Joseph fleeing the temptation of Potiphar’s wife. This leaving the situation may have adverse consequences, as it did for for both Joseph and Potiphar’s wife. Joseph suffered losing his position and ending up in prison, but Potiphar’s wife also suffered addingā¦
