“Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past.” God told Elijah to “hide” himself by the brook Cherith. He was not sent there for preaching or performing miracles, but for seclusion, prayer, and meditation. That was his preparation for future service. How often in this mad, rushing world we need to get alone with God and discover the delights of the hidden life at Cherith. “Come apart,” Jesus said to His weary disciples. When we know excitement, success, frustration, and disappointment,