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"Nicodemus"
following, or was it the other way around? What about for us, today? Does the worshiper become a follower, or does the follower become a worshiper? Today's WORSHIP QUOTE is a fictitious encounter between Nicodemus and the Apostle John. Let's take a look. . . . NICODEMUS: But tell me why; why did you follow Him? JOHN: I think it was our feet that followed Him; It was our feet; our hearts were too afraid. Perhaps indeed it was not in our choice; He tells us that we have not chosen Him, But He has chosen us. I only know That as we followed Him that day He called us We were not walking on the earth at all; It was another world, Where everything was new and strange and shining; We pitied men and women at their business, For they knew nothing of what we knew- NICODEMUS: Perhaps it was some miracle He did. JOHN: It was indeed; more miracles than one; I was not blind and yet He gave me sight; I was not deaf and yet He gave me hearing; Nor was I dead, yet me He raised to life. - Andrew Young (1885- 1971), from NICODEMUS, as collected in A TREASURY OF CHRISTIAN VERSE, selected and edited by Hugh Martin, SCM Press Ltd., 1959. [Well, Jesus still says, "Follow me!"] Have a great week, Chip Stam Pastor of Worship and Music Chapel Hill Bible Church Chapel Hill, North Carolina |