Emphasis Preaching Journal

Harold Kushner tells a story in his book, When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough. He tells of an American tourist who is in India on the day of a pilgrimage to the top of a sacred mountain. During the day, thousands of people climbed the steep path to the mountaintop. The tourist, who believed himself to be in good physical shape, decided to share in the experience. But within a half hour, he found himself to be out of breath and unable to climb another step, while women carrying babies, and frail old men with canes, moved easily past him up the hill.