“You lack one thing; go, sell what you own and give to the poor. ….
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for someone who is rich to enter the Realm of God.”
—Mark 10.21,25
First, take it literally.
No prosperity gospel here.
Jesus didn’t mean unloading the camel
to squeeze it through a gate.
He meant getting a dromedary through a pinhole.
Ain’t gonna happen.
Your riches hold you back. All of them.
Not just money.
What you lack is lacking what you have.
What is the thing you lack?
What do you need to let go of?
What do you rely on for happiness,
security, worthiness?
Lose those riches.
They keep you from trusting the only thing
that gives true joy, worthiness and security:
the astonishingly steady love of God.
Keep letting go.
Keep coming back to grace.
The camel will never get through the needle’s eye.
But you don’t need to go there.
Beloved, you’re already here.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
October 4, 2021