{"product_id":"the-road-to-emmaus-by-liz-lemon-swindle","title":"The Road to Emmaus","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat we think of as patience may actually be perspective. The ability to see things as they really are gives us the courage to wait upon the Lord even when life takes unexpected turns. The story of the road to Emmaus illustrates this principle beautifully.\u003cbr\u003eThree days after the Savior's death, two of His disciples walked the dusty road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. As they spoke, they were joined by a traveler who asked about their conversation. The disciples replied, ®Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem...they have crucified [Jesus]. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel.®\u003cbr\u003eThen the stranger said, ®Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?® He then opened the scriptures to them, showing how all of the prophets had testified that Christ would be crucified and rise on the third day. As night fell the disciples asked the traveler to join them for a meal. Sitting together the stranger, ®...took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew...[it was Jesus].® - Luke 24:17-32\u003cbr\u003eWe are often like the disciples. We let the worries of the day keep us from recognizing that the Savior is walking alongside us. We are quick to treat our trials as curses, instead of trusting that with God's perspective our ®curses® may actually be blessings. May we be more willing to wait upon the Lord, and may we see things as they really are as we walk our own roads to Emmaus.\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROAD TO EMMAUS\u003cbr\u003eby Steevun Lemon\u003cbr\u003eThe Lord was gone, His body lay\u003cbr\u003eInside the captive tomb.\u003cbr\u003eAnd those who followed Him in life\u003cbr\u003eNow felt the awful gloom.\u003cbr\u003eYet, two would walk the dusty road to \u003cbr\u003eEmmaus on that day.\u003cbr\u003eThese were His friends, those whom He loved\u003cbr\u003eWho talked along the way.\u003cbr\u003e®He was the Son of God,® one said\u003cbr\u003e®How could He now be gone?®\u003cbr\u003e®It seems our sorrow is too great\u003cbr\u003eTo hope to see the dawn.®\u003cbr\u003eAnd as they walked a stranger came\u003cbr\u003eHe listened as they spoke.\u003cbr\u003eHe saw their tears and heard their cries\u003cbr\u003eAnd then His silence broke.\u003cbr\u003e®But wasn't this the plan,® he asked,\u003cbr\u003e®That Jesus come and die?\u003cbr\u003eHis sacrifice will save us all,\u003cbr\u003eThe prophets testify.®\u003cbr\u003eAnd so they walked into the night\u003cbr\u003eAnd listened to Him speak\u003cbr\u003eOf promised resurrection and\u003cbr\u003eOf heaven for the meek.\u003cbr\u003eAnd as night fell, they stopped to eat\u003cbr\u003eThis tiny little band.\u003cbr\u003eAnd when He broke the bread they saw\u003cbr\u003eThe nail marks in His hands.\u003cbr\u003eToo often we are like those two\u003cbr\u003eWho walked along the road.\u003cbr\u003eWe think that we are all alone\u003cbr\u003eWith none to share the load.\u003cbr\u003eWe do not see our loving friend\u003cbr\u003eBeside us on our way.\u003cbr\u003eCarrying us through life's dark nights\u003cbr\u003eInto a brighter day.\u003cbr\u003eSo as we walk our own roads to\u003cbr\u003eEmmaus may we see.\u003cbr\u003eThat we will never be alone\u003cbr\u003eUnless we choose to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n","brand":"Havenlight Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 10 1\/2 X 14 \/ Frame A 19 3\/4 X 16 1\/4","offer_id":37775800303784,"sku":"LL145XFA","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition Artist Proof Canvas \/ 11 1\/4 X 15 \/ Stretched Canvas","offer_id":37775800369320,"sku":"LL145vAP","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition Artist Proof Canvas \/ 11 1\/4 X 15 \/ Frame A 22 3\/4 X 19","offer_id":37775800402088,"sku":"LL145VAPFA","price":340.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition Artist Proof Canvas \/ 11 1\/4 X 15 \/ Frame B 20 3\/4 X 17","offer_id":37775800434856,"sku":"LL145VAPFB","price":349.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 5 X 7 \/ Double Matted to 8 X 10","offer_id":37775800762536,"sku":"LL145SFM","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 6 X 6 \/ Frame FC 8 1\/4 X 8 1\/4","offer_id":53024458113192,"sku":"LL1029560FFC","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 6 X 6 \/ Black Woodgrain 9 1\/2 X 9 1\/2","offer_id":53024458145960,"sku":"LL1029560FWB","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 6 X 6 \/ Grey Woodgrain 9 1\/2 X 9 1\/2","offer_id":53024458178728,"sku":"LL1029560FWG","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 6 X 6 \/ White Woodgrain 9 1\/2 X 9 1\/2","offer_id":53024458211496,"sku":"LL1029560FWW","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 8 X 8 \/ Print Only","offer_id":37775801155752,"sku":"LL145MWP","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 8 X 8 \/ Frame A 11 3\/4 X 11 3\/4","offer_id":37775801188520,"sku":"LL145MWPFA","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 8 X 8 \/ Frame C 12 1\/2 X 12 1\/2","offer_id":37775801221288,"sku":"LL145MWPFC","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Open Edition Print \/ 8 X 8 \/ Frame R 11 3\/4 X 11 3\/4","offer_id":37775801254056,"sku":"LL145MWPFR","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/9048\/5416\/files\/LL145XFA_f531a6dc-91e7-41af-b25c-3cbcfc595f55.jpg?v=1757646930","url":"https:\/\/havenlightpos.myshopify.com\/products\/the-road-to-emmaus-by-liz-lemon-swindle","provider":"HavenlightPOS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}