Cross the Bridge

2021 graduates and many other students are having everything ripped away from them. Sports, extracurricular clubs and organizations, ring night, homecoming ... and so much more. All because of policies that make no sense and are inconsistent compared to other parishes and states. The mental well being of these children is just as important. And if you tell me it won't matter to them in 10 years or that these are not the things that truly matter - I will say to you this: tell your 14 year old self that it didn't matter. Tell the child that can't wait to possibly run in the Olympics it doesn't matter, tell the child that wants to play in an orchestra it doesn't matter, tell the child that wants to act in a Broadway play it doesn't matter, tell the child with hopes of becoming everything they have worked for most of their lives it doesn't matter. And you can say I might be reaching for the stars in these dreams for these kids, but why should we limit them. In limiting them, we limit God. And I ain't boxing that man up. (I learned my lesson on that one )

There have always been people who seek beyond what they might be capable of and reach for the stars - pioneers of their generation. While some feel that they have to settle for the status quo and are satisfied with whatever is made available to their generation.

In the bible there is a man named Enoch. In Genesis 5:24 it says "Enoch walked with God; and he was not; for God took him."

This quite possibly might seem simple and not such a great and achievable reaching for the stars thing. Yet, stay with me - many at that time were not walking with God and walking with God seemed so far out of reach. God had walked with Adam many years before, but since then no one else. After the fall, men had only the promise of death, the earth was filled with violence and the ungodliness of men was a filthy stench. There were no churches in every village, no saviour yet who had died for the sins of men and saints of God were almost unheard of. Yet in the midst of this, Enoch believed that he could reach beyond the limitations of his generation and walk with God.

Hebrews 11:5 says that Enoch pleased God. It also says that he was a man of faith and by his faith he would not see death. This was something unheard of at that time. Yet Enoch reached for something and worked toward it to attain it and it pleased God.

We have to know that God's promises are on the other side the bridge. But if we stay where we are and never responsibly cross the bridge, we will never truly please God. What are His promises in your life? What does He have planned for you? Cross the bridge people, cross the bridge!