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Proper 13 / Pentecost 11 / Ordinary Time 18
Devotional
Water From the Rock
Lectionary Devotional for Cycle C
... for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.
-- Luke 12:15b
At some level, most of us know that our lives do not consist in an abundance of possessions, but we are still seduced by the possibility of gaining sufficient possessions so that we will be free to focus on other things that really count. The problem is that the measure of what is enough keeps changing. The commandment says, "You shall not covet ..." (Exodus 20:17).
-- Luke 12:15b
At some level, most of us know that our lives do not consist in an abundance of possessions, but we are still seduced by the possibility of gaining sufficient possessions so that we will be free to focus on other things that really count. The problem is that the measure of what is enough keeps changing. The commandment says, "You shall not covet ..." (Exodus 20:17).
