Divine Trust
Trusting in a divinity isn’t as easy or straightforward as it sounds. I can most definitely attest to this. As a person raised in the Christian church I have not only have I lived this statement, but over the years I’ve seen it in the lives of various friends in my youth group. I continue to see this struggle to trust throughout the plot of “The Odyssey” by Homer. The protagonist Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and Odysseus’ ship’s crew all are prime examples. Just as these characters rely on the goddess Athena to get them home and guide them, my friends in my youth group and I have to trust God’s plan to get through phases of life.
About a year ago I went on my second missions trip. The farthest away from home yet, my youth group and I traveled to LA. The purpose of the trip was two-fold: one to give us an opportunity to learn how to share our faith, and two to experience the discomfort of doing so. During this trip, as an exercise to stretch our faith, we all piled onto a bus and went down to an area of the city called Skid Row to hand out food and hygiene supplies.
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When the evil men of Telemachus’ town hear of the timid man’s plan they mocked him, confidently saying that he wouldn’t gather a crew to make the journey. “He won’t get as far as obtaining a ship” they said, but in the end Telemachus didn’t even have to lift a finger to prepare for his trip. The goddess Athena walked the town as Telemachus, the physical form, and gathered a ship and crew for him. That same day, the real Telemachus found himself full of zeal for the adventure stepping foot behind Athena onto a ship full of sailors. In the same manner we stepped off of our bus knowing that God had gone before us and already had the whole day planned. By trusting, we didn’t let ourselves worry about the
Trusting in a divinity isn’t as easy or straightforward as it sounds. I can most definitely attest to this. As a person raised in the Christian church I have not only have I lived this statement, but over the years I’ve seen it in the lives of various friends in my youth group. I continue to see this struggle to trust throughout the plot of “The Odyssey” by Homer. The protagonist Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and Odysseus’ ship’s crew all are prime examples. Just as these characters rely on the goddess Athena to get them home and guide them, my friends in my youth group and I have to trust God’s plan to get through phases of life.
About a year ago I went on my second missions trip. The farthest away from home yet, my youth group and I traveled to LA. The purpose of the trip was two-fold: one to give us an opportunity to learn how to share our faith, and two to experience the discomfort of doing so. During this trip, as an exercise to stretch our faith, we all piled onto a bus and went down to an area of the city called Skid Row to hand out food and hygiene supplies.
Skid Row is by …show more content…
When the evil men of Telemachus’ town hear of the timid man’s plan they mocked him, confidently saying that he wouldn’t gather a crew to make the journey. “He won’t get as far as obtaining a ship” they said, but in the end Telemachus didn’t even have to lift a finger to prepare for his trip. The goddess Athena walked the town as Telemachus, the physical form, and gathered a ship and crew for him. That same day, the real Telemachus found himself full of zeal for the adventure stepping foot behind Athena onto a ship full of sailors. In the same manner we stepped off of our bus knowing that God had gone before us and already had the whole day planned. By trusting, we didn’t let ourselves worry about the