Related commentaries – Destruction

Symbol of the Cooking Pot – Ezekiel 24:1 – 24:14

Selling Hope on the Ash Heap of Destruction

In late 18th century Poland, the Kaiser’s forces were burning all the Jewish villages. One village had been burned and nothing was left standing. As the sun came up the next morning an old Jewish gentlemen pounded a few boards together, made a sellers stall and opened it up for business. A young man walked passed, stared in disbelief and asked, “What are you selling among these ruins. The man smiled and said, “I am selling hope. You can sell water on a dry desert, so the place to sell hope is on the ash heap of destruction.” (Tim Zingale - Sermon Central).