Outside of a couple of trips to Minnesota's Twin Cities, until this summer I haven't driven more than a few miles on Interstate 35, which bisects the nation north to south, running from Laredo, Texas to Duluth, Minnesota.
Dallas minister Cindy Jacobs noticed something while reading Isaiah Chapter 35, Verse 8:
A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
Interstate 35 runs passes trough Dallas, which got Jacobs wondering if the interstate was the highway referred to in the Bible.
The CNN news story shows a Texas prayer vigil taking place along side of the road.
I didn't see such get-togethers when I traveled through the lovely country (It is nice) south of Des Moines to Kansas City, nor in the short bit I took in Kansas from El Dorado to Wichita.
The significance of the highway has been interpreted differently by people fearing American submission into a North American Union--and that I-35 would end up turning into a "NAFTA superhighway."
But as thoughts turn to travel--and Christmas--this holiday weekend, the true meaning of Interstate 35 is something you can ponder: especially if you're driving from Minneapolis to Dallas.
Related posts:
Happy Monday from Topeka, Kansas
In search of the real El Dorado, Kansas
My Kansas Kronikles: Goodbye to Kansas, the last of a 39 post series
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