"Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God."
Matthew 19:24
Typically, this reading makes me a little squeamish, does it you? Because, relatively speaking, we are so rich. What does this mean for us? I read a wonderful reflection on this in "Give Us This Day" this morning. Sr. Meg Funk said that this whole reading should actually be a comfort to us. It means that, when we die, "we will not need anything." That perspective takes the sting of this reading out a bit! There will not be that panic feeling that we don't have what we need when we get to heaven. I won't have purse panic! There won't be that scary moment that we will need an ID or a credential of some kind. We can rest assured that we will have everything we need to enter in with God--nothing but ourselves. We just need ourselves; no payment, no fee, no letter of reference. God will greet us just the way we are. With God's infinite grace, we will pass through that eye of the needle and into God's embrace. Happy Tuesday! Love, heidi
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