10 Things People in the Bible Did to Stay Near God

Jacob set up a stone. Hagar gave God a name. Hezekiah took the letter that terrified him and spread it out in the temple. Asaph, in the dark, made himself go back over what God had done. Nehemiah prayed one sentence in the middle of a conversation with a king. Jesus got up before light and went somewhere alone. None of it is impressive. A rock under a head. A thread on a coat. A sheet of paper. Fo...