Wind or Wounds
"Rage builds over time as a result of cumulative suppressed emotions precipitated by voicelessness"--Kenneth V Hardy in Healing the Hidden Wounds of Racial Trauma Ezekiel was a priest of Israel who was forcefully exiled when he was only 25 years old. While in exile in ancient Babylon, he had an encounter with God that changed everything. Its so tempting to focus on the message of Ezekiel while ignoring the person of Ezekiel. Those who are familiar with the book of Ezekiel know that he not only is commissioned to speak the word of God but often was asked to act them out through becoming a literal human metaphor (you have to read the book to understand this). He was largely misunderstood and frequently maligned during his ministry. The age of 30 is the age in which those who are in the priestly line become eligible to serve in the Temple. One can imagine that during his years growing up, filled with studying and careful observation of the sacred priest...