Elijah went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree . . . It is enough for now, he said. Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat." He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel came a second time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you." He got up, and ate and drank; then went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights . . .
A little bit of shade, some rest, a boundary, sleep, divine presence, touch, the smell of something nourishing cooking, cool, clear water, rest, more sleep, companionship, nourishment, refreshment, strength.
Self care in the midst of the fray.
The Green Wilderness is a daily writing practice that opens a landscape of discovery into my own human experience.
Katherine Cartwright has been blogging since 2012, and each year brings new wonders. She asks big questions of the small things in life.
Excerpt from 1 Kings 19:4-8a, NRSV.
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