Tonight at BSF I had a wonderful experience that I thought I would share. One of the questions read "Why do you think being carried off to another land would be a good thing for the people" I took this question at face value since we are studying Isaiah and Israel was under treat of invasion and exile. I said something like... it reminded them of how good they had it under the Lord and how much better the world is under him than under anything else... Yet another lady in my group, an expat to be exact, took the question in a different and more thoughtful and perosnal light. She read it as "Why do you think being carried off to another land would be a good think for A person" Being an COMPLETE foreigner
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