Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Lenten Moment 22 March 2017


"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 / Luke 12:34

This may have to do with the deeper values we hold...    
      with what is important to us

I can see two resources we tend to value the most:
      Money
                 and
                         Time


But what about the first one?     
           What do we do with all our money?

All we have to do is look around...   
        The benefits of our society and work are every where we look.


                    We live in a world with "stuff"!

      Our little parts of the world usually have  
                                                          A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF! 


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      STUFF is just everywhere!


Stuff at work

       Stuff in our garages

             Stuff in our homes


                    Stuff all over our lives


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The comedian George Carlin riffed on this some...


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       Here's a story of our stuff - from beginning to end...  

                       And keep in mind this video was made in 2007







Now, it's true that not all companies are bad
       and not all companies trash our planet
               or treat their employees poorly   through low wages and limited or no health insurance, etc.

But... we have a system that leans towards leaving it to the company to decide how to manage all this.  
And it is often left to us - the consumers - 

                        ...To work through all our stuff...

                                 ...And figure out what we are going to do with our stuff


     ...And figure out what kind of consumers we are...
  
                     ... And what kind of consumers we want to be


Remember, 
                living a life of faith isn't just about 
                                    feeling the warm and fuzzy between us and God... 

Remember...   
      Jesus wasn't killed 
                       because he 
         healed people    
                     and 
         hugged children


He was killed 
                              executed, actually
       because he spoke truth to power
                 a truth that Power didn't want to hear


Truth is we're ALL part of this "Stuff" system.

Whether we're aware of it or not
       we've all    BOUGHT   into this system

None of us by ourselves can fix ALL of this...
      but we can all do SOME THINGS to help

The first thing - Step 1
           is to admit we're involved   
                            to open our eyes

And then we can Learn!    
    Get informed

   ...Educate ourselves 
            on the Who,    What,    Where...
                                                and mostly the Why



Doing this stuff doesn't seem quite so "Spiritual"...    

             But it indeed is also 

                         Putting Our Faith Into Action


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