Todays Scripture: Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’ And he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’ Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.” Our Prayer: God of promise, sometimes I live in the darkness of doubt. Give me the faith of Abraham. With Your grace, increase my ability and willingness to believe more in You, in myself, and in others. Stretch my heart. As You raised Jesus to life, pull me from all darkness, doubt, self-destruction and selfishness which confines me. Faith in You saves and expands. Teach me not to use the petty measurement of human possessions and success to measure myself. Increase Your Spirit within me that I might put my energies into the values of Your reign and live by your Gospel law. In desperate darkness, I try to fill myself with so many things, but they only heighten my emptiness. Enrich me with the wealth of Your wisdom and the trust of Your promise. Give me faith which humbles and empowers. Teach me to risk trusting that You will fulfill the promises you have placed in my heart. - Father Bob, LittleFlower.org
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:46:49 +0000
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