09-29-24

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
September 29, 2024
In 2 Corinthians 9:7, we read: “Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 

Who has given a gift to God in gratitude, though in the back of one’s mind is the hope of receiving a gift in return? Who has complained when those who are faithful seem to fare no better than those who are not? Have we forgotten that the riches of God are far deeper than what the world defines as valuable? Have we lost the joy that is found in the sheer exhilaration of offering our lives to the work of God in this world? I ask a lot of questions, though it is in the asking of questions that we often receive answers.

O Merciful God, I offer you my life in hopes that you can make of it what you desire. Amen.