So I’ve received mixed reviews about my Lenten posts, ranging from supportive to questioning. The truth of the matter is, I actually enjoy when people comment on or question what I’m doing because it gives me yet another opportunity to share my Faith. I mean I even have a Christian Surfer “who do you surf for“ sticker on the nose of my paddle-board, just so as to not miss an opportunity to evangelize, even when I’m in the water. But all of the questions and comments made me think of the story of the three servants from Mathew 25:14-30. When I was growing up I never understood why the last servant got in trouble for being safe with the money. To be fair, when I was younger I was a pretty small person, so accordingly I faced my share of bullying, so I guess the safe route always seemed like the way to go. Fast forward a few years, a couple of feet, a lot of pounds, even more life experiences and I see and approach things a bit differently now. So obviously it’s a parable, but in my youth I found it difficult to separate the idea of money as Faith. Although, it does make you think, how many people cherish their faith as much as their money or materialistic things. Too often, I think, we take Christ for granted. But getting back to the story in Mathew I think there’s a few lessons we can all take for our everyday lives. For the sake of this I’ll give you three. First, God is always with us so, never let fear stop you from living your faith. Next, in the same way the master gave his servants money in the hope they would increase it, we were all given the Holy Spirit, and it’s our charge to share and teach our faith to others in words and more importantly, deeds. Finally, in the end we will all be judged in heaven by our how we live our lives here. So when faced with an opportunity to share your faith remember to be courageous and “spend it” like it’s not yours because that’s what God wants. I’ll be praying for you all.
Remember to live the Faith.
God bless.
Faith like Water 