CONSUMING ZEAL
(1 Kings 19:1-15a)
Elijah’ passion
slaughtered the prophets of Baal
and left him empty.
Earthquake, wind and fire,
all surpassed by deep silence:
God’s very presence.
Beware the passion
which consumes our zeal, and worse,
misrepresents God.
Jeff Shrowder, 2019
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