ROBERT@kontu.cc.utu.fi (Robert W. Johnson) (05/14/91)
She said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this ia an holy man of God. 2 Kings 4:9. What an impression Elisha had already made on that great woman of Shunem! Yet till now he had done no miracle in her home, nor is there any record of his having brought to her some prophetic utterance from God. He had simply got into the way of looking in on them when passing, and sharing a meal. She could not know him very well; yet to her husband she said, "I can see that he is a man of God." It was not apparentely what he said of did that conveyed that impression, but who he was. When he came she SENSED God's presence with him. What are people sensing about us? We all leave impressions of some kind. Do they refister that we are clever? that we re gifted? that WE are this or the other? Elisha's visits had one conscious effect: they left on that home an impression of God Himself. ----- Robert W. Johnson Computer center, The University of Turku, Turku Finland robert@kontu.utu.fi (InterNet) robert@firien.bitnet (BITNET) The preceeding is my opinion and may not express the opinion of my employer and furthermore has nothing to do with my employment.