Sharing is Caring

  God who divides the sea     [Nehemiah 9:9-12]     There are websites on the Internet that provide maps.   For example, if you want to know how to get to church from my house, it will give you the quickest way [it also tells you how many miles (distance) and how long (time) it will take].   If you had a short road and a long road ahead, which one would you choose?   Maybe you will take the shorter route.   But what would you do if you knew that danger lurked along the way?   Would you rather take the long way back or would you rather take the short way even if it is dangerous?   Exodus 13:17-18 tells us that there were two roads on the way from Egypt to the promised land of Canaan: Short way and long way.   The shortest way is the way of the land of the Philistines, but there was a “war” if there was any danger lurking on the way.   So, God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return...