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 TALKIN 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 and 6-22-23-2021
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