So back story. Pale Harold (love him!) had a meeting with the ministers for our Parish (this was a meeting a while ago). He had told us to read through the readings and the Gospel before mass and then meditate and reflect on them to try to truly understand what was happening. So Jun and I read it together and talk about what we think the readings are trying to tell us or what was happening.
Anyway, this Sunday’s gospel ended with “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
This is something that has stayed with me and when I struggle with the world being unfair or that I’m working harder than the person next to me….when I start to judge and compare and look for what is wrong instead of what is right….when I start to think I know better, I could do better, I was taught better…..in other words, when I start to get too full of myself….I remember this. An older lady I worked with many, many years ago, shared a bible quote with me. It was the one above, but said a little differently.
“To whom much is given, much is required.”
I have to remind myself of this pretty often. That if my situation is hard, if I’m falling short financially, if I’m struggling to be a good wife and mom, if I’m feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders….I have to remind myself that much is required of me because I’ve been given much.
What a profound, intense, in your face, straight up, no shit, hardcore thought to be humbled by. It automatically stops me in my tracks. It automatically makes me feel small. It automatically shapes me.
Food for thought: how much has been required of you and, more importantly, have you thought about why?
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