Greetings Dear Reader,
In case you do not
catch the reference, “Bread and Circuses” Is “a diet of entertainment or
political policies on which the masses are fed to keep them happy and docile.” In seeking our daily bread, we must always be
aware of the circus that we have built around that seeking. We have a system of vast complexity
surrounding a thing for which we are supposed to simply depend on the Father.
There is enough in
the world that no one should go hungry.
Beyond the practical aspect of this the Father has promised to provide
for our needs. Instead of taking care of
each other we hoard or deny. We take for
ourselves and allow others to suffer. Worse,
we put laws and systems in place that make it harder to care for the needs of
others.
It goes deeper
still. We indulge in things to excess
when we know that there are needs clamoring all around us. We pass the Salvation Army red kettle and buy
extra candy. Corporations cut jobs so
that they can increase profits. Our government
indulges in excess whilst complaining that they do not have enough funds to pay
for aid programs. The difficulty reaches
to every level of our culture.
We are entertained,
distracted, and mollified by games and shows.
We will spend vast sums on football tickets, beer, and food whilst
ignoring the homeless man outside the parking lot. I am not saying that entertainment is
wrong. I am concerned that we are so far
out of balance.
I am supposed to
ask the Father to provide enough so that I am not tempted to steal and so that
I have enough to give to the poor. I am
required to care that even my enemies have their daily bread. I must not be content for anyone to lack the provision
of the Father.
If I am going to
live as one who cherishes all that the Father commands then I cannot simply ask
him to provide for me. I must desire for
everyone to have his or her daily bread.
I must love everyone enough to seek their needs be met as well as
mine. I long to focus on this as we journey
Dear Reader. I already know I find great
joy in feeding others. I will find so
much more joy in seeing that desire spread among us all.
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That
is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe
is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great
treasure store.”
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