23 July 2023
Be not anxious! Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into
thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the
time they are the very source of anxiety. If our hearts are set on them, our
reward is an anxiety whose burden is intolerable. Anxiety creates its own
treasures and they in turn beget further care. When we seek for security in
possessions we are trying to drive out care with care, and the net result is
the precise opposite of our anticipations. […] If Christ has been given us, if
we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally ALL
things. He will see to it that they are added unto us. If we follow Jesus and
look only to his righteousness, we are in his hands and under the protection of
him and his Father. And if we are in communion with the Father, nought can harm
us. We shall always be assured that he can feed his children and will not
suffer them to hunger. God will help us in the hour of need, and he knows our
needs.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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