Discontentment is a poison that ruins friend-ships and destroys persons. Only Jesus can enable us to live oblivious to the possessions of friend and neighbour, content with what God has provided.
The free person is the one who can live on the least rather than the one who possesses the most. Discontentment is the handcuff binding us to things that will not last or ultimately even be meaningful. Could God place enough love in a heart like mine or yours so we could look at each other when one has more than the other and rejoice for the other? That would be real love. That would be God’s love.
Something inside of me believes that this love is the kind that God planned for you and me to have. Loving other people regardless of what they possess would be freedom for us all.
-Denis Kinlaw (adapted)

READINGS:
Monday: Jeremiah 2:4-13
Tuesday: Psalm 81:1, 10-16
Wednesday: Isaiah 58:9b-14
Thursday: Psalm 112
Friday: Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Saturday: Luke 14:1, 7-14