With Jerusalem being the Holy City and in the forefront of our religious thinking, it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t the home of Jesus or even the sight of the majority of Jesus’ ministry. Home for Jesus is the Galilee, and once you see the two with your own eyes it’s easy to see why. To Jesus Jerusalem was a place of death and hate, a rocky mountain not so pleasing to the eye, filled with the religious mafia who crushed Judaism’s followers with burdensome rules and regulations. Nazareth, on the other hand, is a garden by the sea. The vegetation is lush, the Sea of Galilee is beautiful; there is just a different feel here. While those very familiar major events of Jesus’ life take place in and around the hills of Jerusalem, the majority of His ministry of teaching and miraculous works happens in the Galilee. (The Israelis call the area “the Galilee” the same way we call the area around Amarillo “the Panhandle”.) We will spend our last few days in and around this area of fishing and agriculture following the footsteps of Jesus as he taught the life changing truth of His gospel and worked the life changing power of His love for all. We can’t wait to tell you about it all!
Shalom,
David and Celina