This month, I took a trip a bit off the beaten path. In fact, a lot off the beaten path. Gitit is located in the foothills of Samaria, just as they begin to rise up from the Jordan Valley. It does not take that long to get there from the nearest community, but it is a community that truly stands alone – not another community in sight once you get to Gitit. So it really takes a special sort of pioneer to live here.
How I wish I could settle in BEAUTIFUL ISRAEL……..ALAS.
Isaiah 35:1-2
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.