Do you always want more? You live in a culture driven by scarcity and acquisition, that doesn’t appreciate the question of how much is enough, if more is always better. But this is not the only possible view. How about a culture of sufficient provision? What if the resources you have in hand were adequate to do what you needed to do? What has been your own life experience? How often have you been unable to do the things that really mattered because you didn’t have enough? I have an unlimited supply for your provision. Can you see the possibilities in what I have already given you?

Do you think that religion and spirituality are the same thing? Some people use the terms interchangeably, and for others religion is a dirty word. There is a useful distinction between them. You could think of spirituality as a connection to the transcendent eternal mystery. Religion is the structure and framework that supports the journey. Some people prefer one aspect or the other but you need both. It is too easy to spiritual without the infrastructure of community and regular practices. You have seen such people drift away with the wind.

I promised that I would come back. Do you wonder when this will occur? I did tell you to watch for my return, but I also said that no man knows the day or hour. This has not prevented many of my followers from trying to guess. There should have been more embarrassment than there was for failed predictions. How should you approach this matter? Watch for me, and do the work I have called you to. Today is the only time within your influence. Concern yourself more with being ready than with trying to predict the future.

Do you believe in the value of diversity? Do you see this as a recent secular idea? It was my idea first. Look at the diversity of my creation. Do you see me as the one who loves you and your group? How convinced are you that my love extends to everyone in the same measure? It is true that I have a chosen people, but it was my intention from the first to use them as a basis for accepting and blessing all nations. Do you regard yourself as one of my chosen people now? Demonstrate this by taking up the same mandate. Can you express my love toward those who are entirely different from you?