As I am getting ready to go on the journey that I have been called to a lot of things seem impossible. One example is living out of a backpack for a year. Well, that is exactly what I am about to do. Most people think that it is not possible to leave just out of a backpack for a year, so they ask me, “Why are you voluntarily leaving your home, your family, your friends and everything you have ever known?” I remember telling someone because I have been called to do this and I am not going to continue to say no to God just because it makes me uncomfortable. It takes a lot to pack up and leave your family for a year, I am not going to say it is going to be easy but it’s also not impossible.
It’s going to be hard and sometimes I may feel like it is impossible to keep going but as I was thinking about everything that seemed impossible I came across Luke 18:15-30. The first part is called The Little Children and Jesus. People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belong to such as these. Truly, I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
The second part is about the Rich and the Kingdom of God. Instead of typing the whole parable out I am going to highlight one verse. The verse that captured my attention in this parable is Luke 18:27, Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” This verse hit me hard. I was so worried about all the impossible challenges that I could face next year, that I forgot that God already made it possible. Whatever I come against whether I think it’s impossible is not for me to worry about. God has everything under control, and with Him all things are possible and this is not different. This journey is going to change me and grow me in ways that I could never imagine. It is not for me to say how I am going to change and how I am going to grow or what I am going to experience because that story will be told in all of God’s glory as I am on the race.
So, I will leave you with this when I was praying over what I should focus on this next year this verse came to my mind. Honeycomb. When we think of this we tend to think of bees, we think of sweetness and maybe that it’s delicious. I for one didn’t know what this meant. For weeks I didn’t understand what this meant this one word perplexed me. But when I was reading my Bible this afternoon I found out what it meant. It comes from Proverbs 16:24 “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” This country is hurting and people yell when they are scared about what is happening, we don’t need people yelling, we need people with gracious and soft words. We need to show people love and give them a hand to hold. It only takes one person to change the atmosphere, so I challenge you to change something this week, even if it’s small like opening a door or helping someone carry groceries.
~Amanda
