This week, our scripture comes from Matthew, and it's a piece of what we've come to call Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. It has two pieces: a warning that we can't serve both God and money, and that we shouldn't worry about trivial things.
My question for today is: are there things we are SUPPOSED to worry about?
Presumably, it's so. After the bit about worries, Jesus talks about "striving" for things. And the kingdom is what we ought to strive for.
I also think it's instructive that Jesus asks us to take a lesson from the lilies. Not from great heroes or monumental things, but lilies. When I'm looking for role models of how to live in the world, I don't tend to look at flowers. But there they are, in the middle of Jesus' sermon. And they're beautiful.
May we be so, too.
This week, we get to celebrate infant baptism, too, which is a joy. We welcome new people into the family of the church. Perhaps they, like the lilies, will help us gain perspective on what mosts deserves our strivings and efforts.
See you Sunday...
p.s. I found fun cartoon commentary on the gospel here.
2 comments:
I like to enjoy some worry free moments when watering flowers or picking a plumeria... they grow around our mortgage. See you with the little ones Sunday...
yes striving for the kin dom and building relationships is good... like flowers that open to us and show us new colors and breath life into our souls. mom
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