November 13
As has been the case for centuries, there are
people today who remember that Christ didn't
want us to worry or be anxious. He wanted us to
build up a society in which no one need worry
anymore. Christ told us not to seek after riches
or the honors of this world, because he assumed
that the people who are united in his name will
always have what is necessary for life, because
they have become one together in love. If we
have clothing and enough to eat, let that be
sufficient.
Again and again people have thought this is the
way things should be. But because it did not
come about, they gave up their vision and
replaced it with charity. Many rich and wealthy
people have helped many poor. Yet you see
clearly that this was not the will of Jesus Christ.
Just the opposite! And what worries are caused
by the charitable institutions nowadays. Thousands
of poor people have to think how they can get a
little here and a little there. Often they are turned
away by charity itself. Even Christian charities
say, "We cannot help you." One might have
thought that there the poor could surely be freed
from their cares, but they are not. So let us not
be surprised if the philanthropic institutions of
the world fail to give help. This is not the way.
Instead we must gather; we must arrive at the
closely-knit society of Jesus.
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, from
You Belong to God, Joy in the Lord.
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Blumhardt's prayer for today and every day of the year.
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