They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. (Hebrews 11:37b,38)
These faithful followers of God were predecessors to the likes of John the Baptist and Jesus: no place to lay their heads, no wardrobe of fancy clothes, no icebox stocked with food. They lived lives of trust and hope we can scarcely imagine. They were vulnerable, yet trusted and obeyed God. They did not fit into this world; they were exceptional. And it is not that they were not worthy of acceptance; it is this world that is out-of-sync; it is us. They were living like they actually expect to be living in another world to come. This does not make them weird - it makes them heroes to emulate, to learn from, to follow.
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