"Done, But Not Finished"
Proper 7.C.25
1 Kings 19:1-15a
Melanie L. McCarley
As we greet the prophet Elijah in today’s Old Testament lesson from First Kings, we discover that his world, at this particular point in time, is a mess…a disaster. So bad has it become that discouraged and afraid, Elijah has fled to the desert, in fear for his life. To understand how he got to this place, we need a bit of background.