There is a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest…
He doesn’t see how blessed he is..
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/073116.cfm
What he has is not enough
He is not able to go and share it, to use it
To become riche in what matters to God
Everyone of us is that rich man whose land produces bountiful harvest
We are blessed bountifully
We just don’t see it
We all have enough
Even if it is not enough it is still enough
We receive Enough of Gods grace. Enough light for to do next step
We get enough grace to say no to temptations
But for us it is never enough
We continue compare ourselves with others…
There is never enough in such venue
I can spend me life in trying to have enough,
To be enough good, smart, funny, rich, handsome, beautiful.. “to build bigger barns…”
Or I can start enjoying what do I have and how blessed I am even if it’s not enough
And start being more thankful
And start taking care of being rich in what matters to God
It is so easy to be occupied with not needed worries and unending upgrades of what we have for something better, faster, safer, newer,
We may spend life trying to make it comfortable, easy, smart..instead of just living this life I the way it is..
It’s very interesting that the psalm refrain we sang today is not from that psalm.
It’s taken from psalm 95
Which refers to infidelity of Israel ancestors during their desert exodus to the promised land
…no matter how much God gave them- water , manna,- they constantly whined that they did not have enough
Maybe my blessings, my talents, my charm, my good luck,
Maybe all I have can be counted in the category of manna and water…
Not too much… Just enough to barely survive journey on the desert…
But still we are able to see that even this is a blessing..
And maybe I need slow down with attempts to safeguard my life, to secure it, to make it safe
And maybe I need to start living my life even fuller
By doing what Gods want me to do
By doing what I’m afraid to do
Becoming richer in what matters to God
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