Jesus spoke of a city gate called Needle. It had a low head clearance and so if a camel wanted in, it had to stoop low to enter. Jesus uses this picture to describe the rich man wanting into the Kingdom. It is hard to enter the Kingdom like a camel going through the eye of a needle.
I think this speaks more of just our materialism that makes us rich. As we prepare to leave for Uganda, there is a sense of stooping low and humbling ourselves. There is also a letting go of our attachments... packing less, doing without, being uncomfortable, saying good bye.
I'm sad as I take my kids to the movies (Wall-E!), having my mom pray over me and kiss my wife good bye.
For the Kingdom...and to bring back a giraffe for Kennedy and an elephant for Jameson!
Jimmy Farley
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- I'm a mid-thirties pastor who thinks it's all about Jesus and the church is hurtin' and I love my family and I get angry when I'm lonely around people and get energized conversing about truth and am impatient with comfortable believers and at home with non believers who believe and I'm discovering my faith is not a period but sometimes an exclamation point and sometimes a question mark and always a dot dot dot... Become a friend on FACEBOOK.
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