WORDS OF EncouragemenT

“Sometimes You

Have to Walk Away” 

The Reverend Dana Porter Ashton, June 2019

One Easter, I preached a sermon entitled, “Sometimes You Have to Walk Away” based on Luke 24:12 which states, “But Peter jumped to his feet and ran to the tomb. He stooped to look in and saw a few grave clothes, that’s all. He walked away puzzled, shaking his head.”  In this message, I focused on how eager Peter was to get to the tomb, but when he arrived, he just looked in and then walked away. 

Well, recently, I experienced a similar situation where I was eager to run to the “tomb of hurt and despair” for the purpose of ministry; however, on the way....Read More