Sunday, 9/15/16
What did Jesus have against
the rich man who dressed in purple garments, and who dined sumptuously each day?
He would not have objected to
the man’s dining well. The enemies of Jesus often remarked upon how Jesus also attended
banquets.
He might have objected to the
man needing to be dressed in fine purple, and objected to the way the man dined
“sumptuously.” But what he really objected to was that the rich man did that “every
day.” What Jesus objected to was tha the man never worked.
The Bible tells us that God
put us on the earth to subdue it, and to till it.
Even if we are not in a
position to till the soil, everyone of us has work we could do. We could
straighten out our lives. We could visit the sick. We could write notes to the lonely.
We just need to get up and do something!
Washington yesterday dedicated
the Museum of African American History and Culture, and there were many short,
pointed, speeches. I liked something Shirley Ann Jackson often
heard from her father.
He would tell her, “We should
always shoot for the stars; and even if we don’t reach the tree tops, we will
at least got off the ground.”
Never let a day pass without
your shooting for the stars, or at least getting off the ground.
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