September 9, 2022

In 1926, the famous mystery writer disappeared for 11 days. One account says, “After her husband, Archie, began an affair with a younger woman, Christie fell into a depression. While out for a drive, she crashed her car down a hill and into a hedge. The car was found, but she was not; she had fled to a spa hotel. She stayed there under a false identity, which shared a surname with her husband’s paramour.”

Ever feel like disappearing to a spa for 11 days with nobody knowing where you are? I thought so. Me, too. That’s why I love this verse. “For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3)

Nice.

“O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in thy mercy, grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.  Amen.” (In the Evening – BCP)