"We cling to our possessions rather than sharing them because we are anxious about tomorrow."
Richard Foster
Celebration of Discipline
Harper SanFrancisco/Harper Collins p. 89
I love sharing, but I admit that the more anxious I am, the less I do so. Sadly, I call my actions wisdom, careful planning, or even saving for the future. Careful planning is correct, if it's spelled differently: Care-full. So full of care (for myself) that I, like the man with one talent, hide what I have and end up with less--if not in possessions, certainly in richness of life.
Foster's flip-side is where I want to live, and will, with God's promptings and help.
" . . . we can share because we know that He will care for us."
Richard Foster
EverGrowing With His Help,
Lonnie
