a handful of rice...

Hey Neighbourhood,

I guess I just wanted to continue our thinking from yesterday morning...in speaking to people it seems that at least a few of us (probably more) were struck by what we thought about yesterday morning.

In case you weren't there (and even if you were but want to refresh your memory), here are the bullet points for you to work through. It's pretty straightforward....we were thinking about generosity...being generous because we are made in the image of God, and therefore we should expect, that as God grows us we will become increasingly generous people.

We read the parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:13-21), and talked about it. The man who asked the original question....what was his problem? What did Jesus say was a danger to be aware of? And then Jesus told a story to illustrate his point. Note: the man in his story was already rich...yet, what did he continue to do? And what did Jesus say was this man's error?

Why not prayerfully read the passage, asking God to speak to you through it.

And then we finished by watching this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z__tqQXiKD8

It's only 7 minutes...I challenge you to watch it and be un-moved.

And here's my challenge to Neighbourhood this week....

Can we all be praying this:

"Lord, what is OUR handful of rice?"

And I would love to hear how God answers us.

Enjoy God's grace,

Simon