Dear Friends,
The first thing we have to do
is to notice
that we’ve loaded down this camel
with so much baggage
we’ll never get through the desert alive.
Something has to go.
Then we can begin to dump
the thousand things
we’ve brought along
until even the camel has to go
and we’re walking barefoot
on the desert sand.
There’s no telling what will happen then.
But I’ve heard that someone,
walking in this way,
has seen a burning bush…*
(* Author unknown)
Christmas is Goodnews for those who are on their pilgrimage – a journey taken to experience God. Their thirst is quenched even at the streams in the deserts. For others it is mostly an experience of glitter and glamour. They feel thirsty no sooner the show gets over. If you have Christ, you have everything – a song in your heart, a smile on your lips, joy in your eyes and a spring in your step. Nothing comes close this side of heaven. Wishing you a ‘pearl of great price’ moment during this Christmas! May God give you grace to let go of the ‘camel and the burdens’ and have a ‘burning bush’ encounter in the New Year!
Yours in Christ,
Dr. Samson Gandhi
