October 14, 2016 By Michael Usey “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past.” [F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby] Two scriptures from the Hebrew Bible. 2 Kings 9.20: The lookout reported, “The messenger reached them but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu, he for he’s driving furiously, like a madman.” Then from the Song of Songs 8.6-7: Set me as a seal upon your heart,”¨as a seal upon your arm;”¨ for love is strong as death,”¨passion fierce as the grave.“¨Its flashes are flashes of fire,”¨ a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love,”¨neither can floods drown…