Move that Mountain

So I am in college (trying to one day get a Masters in Theology) and the one and only math class that I have to take I happen to be taking it now. It is called Math for Liberal arts.

Is it just me, or does the name imply that it would be something like "Math for Dummies"?

I fully intended that this course would just go over some basic skills such as what is 2+2...or if Johnny had five hoho's and he tripped and smashed four of them would he have any left? Or would he just be left with a ho? (which is not a good thing at all on a lot of levels).

Anyways, the point it the math is not fluffy and cuddly at all..it is…well Hard. I can tell that my brain is a few questions away from getting up and leaving.

But what doesn't kill you will make you stronger ..right...right..uh how come no one is answering?

What I am studying right now is Probabilities...or as I like to call it ...the Bain of my existence. The definition of the word probabilities is "The likelihood that a given event will occur". Seems simple right...well the math is a lot more complicated than the definition.

So hard for me in fact that I will “probably" forget how to do this kind of math after the class is over.

But at present there is still much to figure out. And while I was doing so I began to wonder what odds I would get on my being successful in this quest.

I wondered if I could give some mathematician some of my stats like…positive attitude, past hurts, views on food, determination,…would the odd be in my favor to finish the quest that I have started to shed myself of the excess baggage.

Then I began to think..It doesn’t matter the odds. I can succeed no matter the odds because I have faith and that is something no amount of statistics can measure.

Jesus said “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

And I believe him!

To be honest sometimes when I look in the mirror I feel as if I have grown as big as a mountain, yet I realize that is distorting the truth.

What I know to be true is that weight has been a mountain of a problem for me for quite some while now. But if Jesus said it I believe it! After much prayer and contemplation I have told this mountain of fat to leave and it is…I have lost 2 and ½ pounds in the last week.

And you know what ..while it will “probably” not be easy…this mountain of mine will be moved!