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Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Learning the hard lesson of loneliness

Yahweh Approach Memo

Continued from 4/28 YAM: Explorer

I am… staring at a dragon. 🐉

He is staring back at me.
Drooling in anticipation.

He is big. Tough. Fast.

To kill him, I need to be more.
I must be smarter.
I must be agile.
I must be…
I…

Why am I facing this dragon alone?

I look to My Father.

He is coming up behind me.
Carrying an enormous picnic basket.

I see My Father.
I look back at the dragon.

The dragon sees me
Seeing him
Seeing My Father

And flops over on his back
Laughing
At me

I look like an idiot.

My Father
Takes pity on me

He speaks to the dragon

“Eustace
Be nice!
How was he to know
That I have tamed you?”

Eustace?
I ask My Father

“As in?”

He shakes His head
Whether to say “No”
Or deny the question
I know not

Eustace
Settles grumpily
Back onto his feet

“Did he really think
Jesus would just sneak past
And leave me unchanged?”

He has a point
Which fortunately
He doesn’t press

My Father
Serves Eustace
His lunch
Which he is kind enough
To share with me

Afterwards
He graciously steps aside
To reveal the cave
Is actually a tunnel

Not
Or at least no longer
A natural one

Perfectly cylindrical
With concrete walls
Lighting and ventilation
Wide enough for a two-lane highway

My Father looks to me.

He says

“The road is paved
And well-lit
But still is dangerous”

He grows more somber

“This road
You must travel alone
Until you see Jesus”

He lays a hand on my shoulder

“You will not see Me
But must trust
That I am with you
And that this is the road
I chose for you”

I nod
Give a half-bow to Eustace
Hug My Father
And descend into the depths

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• Humiliated
• Foolish
• Arrogant
• Blind
• Well-fed
• Comforted
• Determined

Scripture

“There will be a highway of holiness called the Sacred Way.”‭‭

Isaiah‬ ‭35‬:‭8a‬ ‭TPT‬‬