The Lost Letter of Timothy

Even Paul would have needed a friend

Christina Rosetti’s gentle, pleading hymn “None Other Lamb” reminds us that for the Christian there is apart from Christ

. . . none other hiding place from guilt and shame,
none beside thee!¹

We get the guilt side of this. Whether we learned it in childhood, or later in life, we believe that “Jesus died for our sins.” We are justified, declared innocent. Th…