Most of us have stuff. Some more than others. Either money, possessions, or property. Kids like stuff; “Seniors” like stuff. Some more than others, yes; some stuff is necessary. Some is not and to divest oneself of the latter for the common good may be a virtue uncommon except amongst…..??

You might have thought I was going to say Christians, but you saw that coming! We do have within the Church all levels of socio-economic wellbeing. And multiple levels of sharing and self-sacrifice.

In the parable Jesus tells us of poor Lazarus and the Rich Man.
We get a stark story of extremes that have consequences. Jesus wants our attention! And from that “gotten attention” we might actually live into the “abundant life” (John 10:10).

At no point does the Bible ever say the Christian life would not be challenging but Jesus did say “come follow me. My yoke is easy, my burden is light.”

At the very least, we have a community of examples of people making the effort to be faithful with their gifts and possessions and a community where we live out these struggles in the presence of our Creator and Savior.

Hope to see you soon with both Lazarus and the Rich Man+

Blessings!

Pastor Barry