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The Night of the Great Leaving-A Reflection on the Book “God in a God-Forsaken Land”

1/8/2019

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​     A cold crescent moon reflected on the small lake on a November night in 1874.  The little lake near August Hertwig’s cabin was rimmed with early ice. Frozen glass-like shards created tiny fairy-sounds along the ever-widening glaze around the margins of the shore. 

​     The waterfowl which had been August’s vocal friends for the summer, took flight in the moonlight, heading south.  Silence permeated the scene now; the great leaving struck a sudden loneliness in the solitary pastor’s heart.  The power of the Word gave comfort as winter closed in on his new home:  “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.” Psalm 25:16
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betty ziegler
1/8/2019 08:52:07 am

Hi Gene,

I like your descriptive "sense of place." Happy New Year. Gus and I are going to Egypt, then Tanzania, leaving Jan 23, returning Feb 5th. Blueberry Pines Golf Course burned a week or so ago. (the meeting place for Jackpine Writers) Peace, BZ

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Mike Stout
1/23/2019 10:08:39 am

What a beautiful written story.

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