Scrolls we need to hide (2004)

I wrote this after visiting the dead sea scrolls when they visited Grand Rapids, Michigan. Rereading this I love the idea of writing that will be forgotten then re-remembered. I'm asking myself this today.

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Saw a few of the scrolls on Sunday. Very cool.
Written by the Essenes, the 900 scroll they discovered in a dozen or so caves outside of Ancient Qumran.
Looking at a 2000 year old writing is a bit confusing. Part of you thinks... It's just writings on paper (or animal skin)
Then another part says. A piece of paper in a clay jar in a cave shouldn't last 2000 years. The faintest whisper of a breeze or the slightest repeatative movement would destroy a scroll in a century or two. these lasted 2000 years.
These pre-christian, folks lifestyles make Pharasees look like Frat boys. Cultish activities including fence laws that would convince the most conservative baptist pastor he was destined for Hell. But they are my brothers. Men who cared about scripture and God's desire for their lives. Men who, when Romans had destroyed Jericho 10 miles away, ran to hide their most prized possessions. Their scrolls. They were good hiders. The researchers got to a point where they could identify the handwriting of the various scribes and that they had become "old friends".
You and I stand on tall shoulders... we get caught up in the here and now and throw around terms like ancient-future alot.
Mostly meaning we need to do things like we used to. Icons, and desert father stuff. But we are all about having an IMPACT right now. but maybe.. just maybe.. part of being ancient future is about creating things that will be forgotten. Things that make a difference over time. Being insignificant today... but shoulder for others to stand on. Maybe we are called to hide some scrolls for our brothers 2000 years from now. I wonder what those scrolls look like.