here is a man whose lonely witness to his nation's willfully drawn out destruction over four decades and five kings finally leads to the loss of every precious hope and the utter desolation of his still treasured city. the wonder of his unbroken spirit and unbowed mind is comprehensible only within the context of an awful and terrible training that spans his entire adult life.
you do not know what you are asking, jesus once told some men. are you able to drink from the cup that i am to drink?* in youthful arrogance we eagerly say yes, and we determine to stand to the end. these days i am increasingly aware that there are cups that one drinks from only when every other cup is taken away, and then only with inhuman grace.
*matt 20:22
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