Running From The Rescuer
(Image courtesy of https://dailydependence.files.wordpress.com.) "And he said, 'I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself'" (Genesis 3:10). "And the angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people'" (Luke 2:10). "Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery" (Hebrews 2:14-15). Once I broke a window when I was a boy. My dad wasn't home, but I feared his anger, so I hid. When he came home, he found me. He asked me what happened. I didn't want to tell him. But he wasn't angry. (Okay, maybe just a little.) "Are you alright?" he asked. My earthly father was concern...