Jesus said, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 10:25).
The simile used by Jesus was a graphic one for his listeners. In those days every important city was surrounded by a wall for defense. There would be a large gate in the wall and this would be closed at sunset and placed under an armed guard. There was usually, however, a low wicket gate known as the needles eye, set in the big door. When a laden camel arrived after sunset the only way it could get in was to be unloaded of all merchandise, whereupon it would squirm on its knees through the needle’s eye.
Unload your camel if you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. You do this, of course, not by getting rid of conditions in themselves, but by getting rid of your sense of dependency on them. Very often you will find yourself so glad to be without a lot of that merchandise that you will never put it back.
How many times have we said to ourselves, “well, yes I love God, but I am not going to _______”. Things that can be used to fill in that blank are well known to us all. Many of the most common are; forgive someone again, give up doing this or that, admit we are wrong, do the right yet difficult thing, etc.
Yet, as long as we cling to these things, whether material, spiritual or behavioral, we deny ourselves the full blessings of God. They will be used to keep us chained to that which separates us from our destiny as God’s children, and we will remain east of Eden.
This writer’s prayer today is that each of us will unload that camel, and see its cargo for what it is. Then we will walk with God each day in the Eden
created for us.
Unpacking,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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