Monday, May 10, 2021

What is today for?

Morning: Psalm 80; Deuteronomy 8:1-10; James 1:1-15

Evening: Psalm 77; Luke 9:18-27

What is life for? Indirectly, Jesus keeps posing this huge question; he wants us to find ourselves. William Wordsworth admits how hard this is: “The world is too much with us, late or soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.” You may not even know you are lost. It happens gradually. These days you may lose yourself on the internet, click by click, taking the bait, following someone else’s priorities. Even when you discover that life is for finding yourself in, it is better to make the quest manageable ... Try a simpler question: What is today for?

 

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