Day 249..."Beautiful prayer for travel...how beautiful...stoning and strength"

Exra is more interesting than I remember. In returning from exile, I noticed a beautiful prayer for travel..."that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods." Sounds like a winner for road trips! Isaiah writes some of the most eloquent words in the Bible..."How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation." In today's Acts reading, Paul is stoned and presumed dead but survives for greater glory. Paul...by surviving this brutal encounter... was given a forum to teach convincingly the depth of discipleship. His trial strengthed the church as we read..."strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.