JOURNAL/TRAVELING LIGHT

JOURNAL/TRAVELING LIGHT




“Go on your way; BEHOLD-I am sending you LIKE LAMBS among wolves” Luke 10:3


Jesus wasn't sending his disciples to the slaughter;he was just warning them that the world IS a dangerous place; and it is NO LESS TRUE today for us-his apostles and disciples of the 21^st century-in certain parts of the world-you can be killed for your FAITH-and in many parts-his BELIEVERS today -us-we are just TOTALLY IGNORED


God has a MISSION for each of us today-just as he had for his disciples of yester year-we are to TRAVEL LIGHT and stay focused on GOD and HIS WORDS and not on ourselves or make idols out of material things-SHARE THE GOOD NEWS


LAMBS are safest WHEN they stay close to the SHEPHERD-we would be WISE to do that


IT IS a great day to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a GREAT DAY to TRAVEL LIGHT










TRAVELING LIGHT




We ALL have to travel
Like it or not
For ONE reason or another


Some for work or business reasons
Some for medical reasons
Some for vacation
And often times-just to see family or friends


And we all PACK differently
Some heavy
Some medium
Some light


Jesus instructed his disciples:
“Take nothing for the journey
Except a staff-
NO bread-no bag-no money
In your belts


Wear sandals
But not an extra tunic


Whenever you enter a house
Stay there
Until you leave that town
And if any place
Will not welcome you
Or listen to you


Shake the dust
Off your feet
When you leave
As a testimony against them” Mark 6:8-11


TRAVEL LIGHT


But I think
More so than that
What Jesus was REALLY TALKING ABOUT
Was our spiritual and emotional baggage


And let’s BE HONEST
We are ALL carrying baggage
Form our past
Some heavy
Some medium
Some light


The LESS we carry with us
The easier
To navigate our own spiritual journey
And the more
We are CAPABLE of helping others
Carry theirs


“CARRY each other’s burdens
And in this way
You will FULFILL the law of Christ”


We are WEIGHED down
With too much stuff
Too many hard memories
Too many fears


TRAVEL LIGHT


Well
Life is a journey
And the BEST
We can hope for
Is to shake off
The dust of those
Who have been UNKIND to us
And to TRUST GOD
That what we need
Will be provided
And to


TRAVEL LIGHT


Robert P. Wallman
2-16-13


Ps inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine
By Paige Byrne Shortal
10-18-14