Toward the Sunrise

One of the lectionary readings for today is the Walk to Emmaus passage -- Luke 24:13-35.

William Barclay, in his Today's Study Bible commentary, titles this section in his book, "The Sunset Road that Turned to Dawn."

He says that when Cleopas and his companion were walking to Emmaus, they were traveling west in the evening, toward the sunset. As Christians we are always traveling toward the sunrise -- toward the new day. He wonders if perhaps this is one of the reasons that they did not recognize Jesus.

Do we miss him because we are watching the sun go down, rather than standing on the hope of it rising? Are we facing the wrong direction? Are we walking away from him?

Image: Tree downtown after lunch today.