FOR LESS-THAN-WONDERFUL..THANK YOU

My beloved friend has covid; the other may win; the pandemic is growing; financial collapse may happen...thank you. 

My Sermon study this morning was about "Everyone then who hears these words of mine, and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock...." In short, they win, those who build on sand lose.

To lean on: Learning to seek deeper into the Sermon's meaning leads to still more spiritual growth...our only goal. 

As I studied Matthew 24-27 this morning, it came to me that this is about meeting our life as it comes to us. We are the house we are building, and what we're seeking, God's word, we'd best be doing, so that when (not if) we are given less-than-wonderful, we can meet it the same as we meet apparent wonderful.  

Spiritually, the wise one is the "winner," receiving inner peace, love and joy everlasting. Ah, but the reasoning mind sees that as the "loser," for naturally getting peacock feathers, temporary glory, that others can see and envy counts more.

When I heard yesterday that my beloved friend had been diagnosed with covid, I wept. As I pondered my world, I realized Jude has covid; Trump may win; the pandemic is growing; financial collapse may happen. Thank You. 

If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice. -- Meister Eckhart 

Thank you.