25 May 2014 Luke 12:13-21
When I read today's story in Luke, a song from the opera Porgy and Bess runs through my head. The more we have, the more we have to fear, to worry about, to take care of. Do we trust that God will provide our daily bread? Do we heed God’s words to Moses about not gathering more manna than we need for the day? If we do, we can live a more free life. Accumulating more than enough in investment accounts, large homes, personal possessions, creates a life of worry and stress -- for us, and especially for those whose daily needs are not being met because we’ve hoarded the abundant crop of God in our big barns.
Oh, I got plenty of nothin’
and nothin's plenty for me.
I got no car, got no mule,
I got no misery.
The folks with plenty of plenty
Got a lock on the door —
'Fraid somebody's going to rob 'em
while they're out a-makin' more.
What for?
I got no lock on the door,
that's no way to be.
They can steal the rug from the floor —
that's ok with me
'cause the things that I prize
like the stars in the skies
all are free.
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