I am still wondering about the Parable of the Great Pearl (aka the Pearl of Great Price).
I wonder how you'd feel about someone spending his grocery money - or rent money - on illegal drugs...
... or designer clothes...
... or gold jewelry.
I wonder how you'd feel about someone giving her life savings to a televangelist?
I wonder how that's different - *is* it different? - from the story in Mark 12:41-44.
I wonder how much God really expects us to give.
I wonder what God really expects us to give.
I wonder what it is that we get in return.
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| "Pearls being removed from oysters" by Keith Pomakis |
I wonder if we are supposed to identify with the merchant (in the parable of the Pearl of Great Price) or not.
If not, I wonder who the merchant could really be.
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