Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.

“No,” Elisha said, “don’t send them.” 17But they kept urging him until they shamed him into agreeing, and he finally said, “All right, send them.” So fifty men searched for three days but did not find Elijah. 18Elisha was still at Jericho when they returned. “Didn’t I tell you not to go?” he asked.

Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. “Go away, baldy!” they chanted. “Go away, baldy!” 24Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them. 

“What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?”“Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.3And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors.

“Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.”But she said, “It will be all right.”

Lord God my Father,

Open my eyes to see your strength, give me faith to remove doubt, allow your will to be my will and my work to be your work. Help me to look past the limits I carry.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen