Fugitives

God?s Relentless Pursuit of His Beloved

I fled Him down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him down the arches of the years;
I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways;
Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
I hid from Him . . .

Running from God has a long history. It began in Eden and continues today. Many Bible heroes were fugitives before they were faithful. Now William Richardson with penetrating insight offers 13 sketches of people who stepped away from God and paid a price. But God the Tireless Tracker patiently followed in relentless pursuit until He brought them home.

The author takes up such themes as sibling rivalry parental favoritism and parental grief over wayward children. Though God is not always successful in His pursuit of the straying (Cain Absalom Judas) He does not rest until every avenue is exhausted.

We are all sometime fugitives from God headstrong breaking free of His harness. But these stories remind us that the brambles are never so thick or the night so dark that the Hound of heaven cannot find us.