2 Corinthians 9:5 So I thought it necessary
to urge the
brothers to go on ahead to you,
and arrange in advance for this bountiful gift
that you have promised, so that it may be
ready as a voluntary gift and not as
an extortion.
As long as our culture
operates by the economy of scarcity
and self-definition via competition,
we will always create an imaginary line
in the measure of productivity
beyond which many people will decide
they are entitled to
hoard and hide,
without recognizing the way
this gating defies our holy purpose.
No longer do we have
the understanding that ability
is a gift to be purposed for creation;
instead we find ourselves
privatizing the math of creativity
with no possible factor beyond
the lonely little X of self.
Surrounded by our stuff,
we devolve into
endless appetites.
Lord, help us find our way
back to the table of community
and abundance where none are uninvited!
© 2012 Todd Jenkins
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