TRAVELING 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 TALKIN ABOUT

Was our spiritual and emotional baggage

 

And let’s BE HONEST

We are ALL carrying baggage

From 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 and 8-25-2025