Thursday, June 26, 2008

Dedication Poem

As I wrote my book "Women of the Holyland: Walk Where They Walked" I thought about all the wonderful people that I had traveled with over the years.


This book is dedicated to the pastors and friends that I have traveled with to Israel.


We have traveled the Holy Land together many times.
In heat and cold, sun and rain.
Even in the snow!
We have traveled by plane, bus, boat, by foot.
Even by camel!
We have been from Dan to Beersheba,
from the blue Mediterranean, to the red clay of Petra.
From the bunkers cut in the Golan,
to a tomb cut in Mt. Moriah.
From the Temple Mount, to the top of Masada.
From Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee,
to Engedi on the shores of the Dead Sea.
From Bethlehem where it all began,
to Megiddo, where it will all end.
From the Eastern Gate, to the Western Wall.
From where the waters of Mt. Hermon join the Jordan River, to the Red Sea at Eilat.
From the horrors of the Holocaust Museum, to the quiet place where baby Jesus was born.
We have explored the ruins of cities, synagogues, homes, prisons, steps, pools, bunkers, theaters, stables, and even an ancient boat.


We are always amazed and in wonderment, as our lives are changed with each trip. We have been truly blessed!