..Following..
Blue v19-21 Ch 19 1 KgsMt 8
v21 Then another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, let me first go & bury my father."
v22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
Ch 19
v19 Elijah went up to Elisha & threw his cloak around him.
v20 Elisha then left his oxen & ran after Elijah. "Let me kiss my father & mother good-bye...then i will come with you." "Go back," Elijah replied. "What have i done to you?"
v21 So Elisha...went back, took his oxen & slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat & gave it to the people & they ate.
Story 1
was going back to cleave because couldn't let go. It was an unequal yoke, a possible idol in the man's heart...?
Story 2
was going back to let go & lay it all down, lay it all aside to truly say good-bye.
v21 Then Elisha set out to follow Elijah & become his attendant.
~There's a time for everything
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