KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO GOD

KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO GOD We ALL have desires In life WANTS-if you will The trick is To be able To distinguish Our wants from our NEEDS It is easy To get bogged down With possessions Like the man In chapter 12 Of Saint Luke's GOSPEL Jesus tells a parable About a rich man Who has nowhere To store his crops “Then he said 'This is what I'll do I will tear down My barns And build bigger ones And there I will store up My surplus grain And I'll say to myself “You have plenty of grain Laid up for many years Take life easy; Eat-drink-and be merry'” Luke 12:18-19 Isn't this how it is In life? It is so easy To lose sight of What is important And it is NOT material wealth And riches that is important It is God=It is YOUR LIFE It is your family and friends And it is the church or churches That you are involved with DON'T EVER take your life For granted= It is=A GIFT FROM GOD USE IT WISELY “But God said to him, 'You fool-this very night Your life will be demanded Of you; And the things You have prepared To whom Will they belong? Thus will it be For the one Who stores up treasures For himself But is NOT RICH In what matters to God” Luke 12:20-21 Your life is important BUT GIVE IT BACK TO GOD LOVE HIM with your whole heart= Whole soul=whole mind=and ALL Your strength And LOVE your neighbor As yourself ( the two commandments As given to us by Jesus in Mark 12:30-31) WHAT can be more important In life=than loving others? In and of itself-to have An abundance-is NOT bad But what MATTERS MOST to God- Unlike the man in the parable Is that we have A GENEROUS HEART Is that we are READY & willing To give and to forgive That we LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY And that we show KINDNESS And compassion To all those in need “And when you PRAY Do not keep on babbling Like pagans For they think They will be heard Because of their many words DO NOT be like them For your Father knows WHAT YOU NEED Before you ask them” Matthew 6:7-8 Dear Lord-HELP US TO ALWAYS KNOW what our TRUE NEEDS ARE In Jesus' name, Robert P. Wallman 10-18-15 Ps INSPIRED BY an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Judy Schueneman