Camel

"It's very hard to enter the kingdom of God," Mark 10:24.

So said Jesus: A camel could get through the eye of a needle more easily. More easily than whom? Said Jesus: More easily than a rich person can enter the kingdom of God. Said his astonished followers: If the rich, so obviously blessed by God, have it so hard, who in the world's going to get saved? Said Jesus: It's impossible. To get saved can you leave house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, lands, all for Jesus' sake, for the gospel's sake? Man can't do it. Peter said: We left everything for you. Jesus said: God can do it all. God will give you in this world, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands. Nothing's impossible with God. Said Jesus: And in this world, persecutions, too - it's hard! But. God can save. God can stretch a camel as fine as thread. God can. God will give eternal life in the next age.

We cheer each other on today, brothers or sisters, and press through the day's storms knowing our able God delivers us into the sky kingdom. And, together, we give thanks for entering his kingdom securely.