How We Got Over

Five years ago, I attended a reception honoring a group who had climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. What enabled them to accomplish this rare feat was a class they took beforehand—where they studied the experience of those who had done it before. They learned the process, the path, the tools, and the guides others used to succeed. And by understanding how others made it up and over, they were able to do the same. That same principle applies to the mountains we face today—not just physically, but politically, spiritually, and psychologically. The challenges we face as a people and as a nation are daunting. And yet, like the Israelites in Joshua 4, we are reminded that there is power in memory. There is strength in understanding how those before us made it over. Because if they did it, we can too.