This week as a read the article titled A Message to Garcia I
was shocked to find out how much I lack energy to accomplish difficult tasks,
and even more so, tasks I have never done before.
The story that is related in the article is as follows: President McKinley needed to get a message to
General Garcia, but General Garcia was in Cuba… deep inside the mountains. He
sought the help of Colonel Rowan. Rowan
did not ask any questions, just took the letter and headed off to find
Garcia. It took him a little less than a
month, but he used his own knowledge, abilities, resources, and connections to
find Garcia and accomplish the mission he was sent out to do.
How many of us hesitate when we really have no idea what is
being asked of us? I know this reading
was a part of a business class, and yes, we all need to learn to possess the
qualities that will allow us to be the kind of person that “takes the bull by
the horns” and runs with it.
I’d like to look at this with a slightly more spiritual set
of eyes. How many times have we feared
the trials set before us because they are too hard or they are something that
we have never experienced before? I know
that I do all too frequently.
The message that is given to the reader in A Message to
Garcia, can relate to our need for spiritual growth through faith. Do not hesitate but seek to find a
solution. It will not come on its own. We have to use our own, knowledge, abilities,
resources, and connections to accomplish what our Father has expected of us.
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