'God is my Judge'

I wonder what I would do - taken in captivity from my homeland, thrust into a new culture, eating herbs and water for days. Would I be patient? Would I be bitter? Could I see any purpose in it all?

And yet perhaps, it has not so much to do with circumstance as the attitude of his heart. People saw him as someone who "continually served God". What could that mean? What does serving entail? To remain pure in the midst of a foreign land when every visible sign seems to cry out, "Come with us, it'll make your life easier." And then to turn - head, foot and toe away and with heart-sight to look up.

That is the namesake of my brother. Will he learn to love His Maker and others wholeheartedly too? I pray that it will be so.

[Happy Birthday, little brother.]