St. Paul writes to the church in Philippi:
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (Philippians 4:4-6)
In these days of financial turmoil, many of us are finding it difficult not to worry. Our gentleness may be fraying and our confidence in the nearness of the Lord may be waning. Yet these difficult times are exactly the times that demonstrate where our confidence is. Do we trust in God’s abundant provision and the strength of our communities of trust and cooperation? Or do we trust in wealth?
We may well experience difficult times. But our call as the Church is to experience them together trusting in God’s call upon our lives to live out God’s alternative realities of generosity, love, forgiveness, and compassion.
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