In Cabeza de Vaca’s account of his journey from Florida to the Pacific, between the years 1528 and 1536, he tells how the Indians came to him and his companion asking them to cure the sick.  The two white men were themselves half-starved, lost, and on the verge of despair, but the Indians saw them as gods who possessed super-human power.  Cabeza de Vaca felt they had not such power, writing, “But we had to heal them or die.  So we prayed for strength. We prayed on bended knee and in the agony of hunger.”  Then they blessed each ailing Indian -- and saw that the sick recovered.  “To our amazement the ailing said they were well.  We were more than we thought we were!  To be more than I thought I was -- a sensation utterly new to me.”

Isn’t that an exciting thought?  Does it cause a shiver of excitement in you -- to be more than we are, to reach the unreachable -- break through the barrier of estrangement -- discover the key to life that has been hidden.

It’s possible -- by the commitments we make, by the love and support of others, by our faith -- we can be more than we are.