5) Dalmatia (Now Croatia)
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| Christmas in Croatia Credit: Tera-Balka.com |
9 Do your best to come to me quickly, 10 for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. 12 I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments. 2 Timothy 4:10
The mountains along the Dalmatian coast have created a natural boundary for centuries. The people in this area live in this strip of land between the mountains and the sea, much like in Norway or Chile. This is why the map of Croatia looks like a horseshoe on its side.
My friend David Macha wrote a thesis on the power of 'schism' to be a force for good. A paradox, but just as the cell splits, when believers divide and go off in different direction, something positive can also happen. The Creator can turn all things from bad to good. And so Titus left and went to Dalmatia.
PRAYER: We marvel that you take brokenness and imperfection, and craft it into good.
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