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With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.

Mark 10:27

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Impossible

Jesus had said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom. The largest animal and the smallest opening his listeners knew.

It is sometimes claimed that the eye of the needle was a narrow gate in Jerusalem. There is no evidence for that at all. Jesus simply meant impossible. Who then can be saved, asked the disciples. Nobody, says Jesus. Except with God.

Question for today

What seems impossible to me, and can I give it to God?

Prayer

God, what is impossible for me is possible for you. I place the impossible in your hands. Amen.

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