Emphasis Preaching Journal
Exodus 1:8--2:10br...
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Exodus 1:8--2:10
Years ago, the poet, Francis Thompson, wrote one of the best-loved religious poems ever, celebrating the insistent nature of God's pursuit of us. He called it "The Hound of Heaven." The beginning part of it goes like this:
I fled him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled him down the arches of the years;
I fled him down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
I hid from him, and under running laughter....
Years ago, the poet, Francis Thompson, wrote one of the best-loved religious poems ever, celebrating the insistent nature of God's pursuit of us. He called it "The Hound of Heaven." The beginning part of it goes like this:
I fled him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled him down the arches of the years;
I fled him down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
I hid from him, and under running laughter....
