If you have ten pizzas, do you worry more about going hungry or who you're going to share pizza with? In that instance, you're probably thinking about who you can bless with a pizza! You're thinking of friends with frantic schedules or maybe people who are homebound, and you're dropping off pizzas and hoping they bring some joy or ease to someone's life. The absolute last thing on your mind is running out of food for yourself.
Spiritually, you have ten pizzas. You are a child of light, filled with faith because of the work of the Holy Spirit. Christ died for you so that you might live with him.
Therefore, we read -- we are charged to encourage one another and build one another up. Our faith should not lead us to anxiety, but rather to turn the eyes of our hearts outwards to think how we can share the incredible joy that is an anchor for our souls, which are often tossed in stormy seas. May we recognize the abundance of grace poured into our lives and think more of our neighbors than we do of ourselves.
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