Mark
11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his
heart, but shall believe those things which he (you) saith shall come to pass;
he (you) shall have whatsoever he (you) saith.
I
read from the Daily Bread of January 19, 2019, the question began with: What do
you do when there is a mountain in your way?
The story of Dashrath Manjhi can inspire us. When his wife died because
he was unable to get her to the hospital to receive urgent medical care, Manjhi
did what seemed impossible. He spent
twenty-two years chiseling a massive gap in a mountain so other villagers could
get to the local hospital to receive the medical care they needed. Before he
died, the government of India celebrated him for his achievement. [Written
by Marvin Williams] (A chisel means to cut the
rock and break it up and a massive means a very heavy work. Gap means a
mountain pass.)
Dorothy: This simple article of his determination
against the mountain had left a deep impact upon my spirit. I wanted to know the history of Dashrath
Manjhi so I google. To understand the situation,
the Gehlaur Village at India were small.
Manjhi had a job at the other side of the village. He would climb over the Gehlour hills to
work. One day his pregnant wife tried to
bring lunch over the Gehlour hills to another village to where he works, but
her foot got caught between the rocks, she fell and could not get up.
Someone
saw her and informed the husband at work and he went up the Gehlour hills and
took her quickly to the hospital. When
she arrived, she died and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Dashrath was grief for the loss of his wife. Something motivated him and he sold his two
goats for a hammer and a chisel. He
started his work with the mountain pass from 1960 to 1982. Beside his job, in
his spare time, He worked day and night for 22 years and broke down the hill, to
360 foot long, 30 foot wide and 25 foot deep.
In
the memory of his wife, Manjhi carved a path in the Gehlour hills so that his
village have easier access to medical attention. The villagers had to travel 70 kilometers
to reach to the nearest town to get medical attention. The history stated that “he shortened the
distance from 70 kilometers to just one kilometers.” In 1982 the government roped in to make the road
by carving the mountain. Manjhi passed
away in 2007 by the age of 73. By 2011
they named the road Dashrath Manjhi Path.
Dorothy:
What does that story do to me? I just
thought of a song, Got any rivers, but instead I choose “Got any mountains” you
can’t tunnel through?” It reminds me of
Jesus’ word, “With God all things are possible” (Mark 10:27). I am holding on
to the word of Jesus and it feels good! Thank you Lord for inspiring story of Dashrath
Manjhi.
Song: Got Any Mountains?
Got
any rivers you think are uncrossable?
Got
any mountains you can’t tunnel through?
God
specializes in things thought impossible;
And
He will do what no other power can do.
[Inspiring
Choruses, song: Got Any Rivers?]
May
God bless you!
Dorothy
