Many individuals throughout time have chosen to live a life of poverty, simplicity, and service. I’m seeing how this strategy is a good one to keep a singular focus, to love God with all our heart.
Father Richard Rohr of the Center for Action and Contemplation recently pointed out how we might embrace a life of “poverty,” even in times of sufficiency and abundance:
Letting go of our own small vantage point is the core of what we mean by conversion, but also what we mean by Franciscan “poverty.” Poverty is not just a life of simplicity, humility, restraint, or even lack. Poverty is when we recognize that myself—by itself—is largely powerless and ineffective. John’s Gospel puts it quite strongly when it says that a branch that does not abide in Jesus “is withered and useless” (see John 15:6). The transformed self, living in union, no longer lives in shame or denial of its weakness, but even rejoices because it does not need to pretend that it is any more than it actually is—which is now more than enough!
Center for Action and Contemplation Daily Meditations
Thank you, Lord, for a simple love, opening me up to great things.
Smitten With Goodness 