ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Quote for Today - September 17, 2013

"We can listen to lectures, read books, see films and slides, and talk to travelers, but nothing can compare with actually going there ourselves. Then, we can absorb impressions by all five senses. 

We see the Lake of Galilee and the undulating hills of Samaria with our own eyes. 

We hear the noise of bargaining in the market place and the bleating of a mixed flock of sheep and goats. 

We touch an old gnarled olive tree, or let the waters of the River Jordan trickle through our fingers.  

We taste the juice of the grapes of Israel or the sweetness of a fig or orange or pomegranate. 

We smell the scent of the flowers of the field. 

And the whole Bible comes alive! We have discovered the land for ourselves"

John Scott, Between Two Worlds. Eerdmanns, Grand Rapids, 1982, page 79