Fr. Larry Richards is the founder and president of The Reason for our Hope Foundation, a non- profit organization dedicated to ”spreading the Good News” by educating others about Jesus Christ. His new homilies are posted each week.
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Test Your Faith (James) No.3- Grass Won't Last Forever
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For over a decade, my lawn was 85% weeds and 15% grass. It was green, but man was it nasty. So over a year ago, we decided to get a real lawn & sprinkler system and got the whole yard sodded. My neighbors all told me how impressive my new lawn was, it was the best lawn in the neighborhood. It was expensive sure, but now I had both treasure and prestige. My lawn was beautiful, the envy of the neighborhood. It was lush, green, and clean with no bugs....one day when Laura was gone, I rolled around on it. I had become a lawn Pharisee! I looked at my neighbor’s lawn with a judgmental eye. Shaking my head! Fix your lawn! This summer was brutal though, no matter how much I watered or fertilized it, the summer sun withered big swaths. My exalted status of number one lawn was gone! For a year, it was better than all others, but now it’s just another yard. In today’s passage, James exposes the folly of putting our hope in withering grass. It's another test of our ropes of faith.
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For over a decade, my lawn was 85% weeds and 15% grass. It was green, but man was it nasty. So over a year ago, we decided to get a real lawn & sprinkler system and got the whole yard sodded. My neighbors all told me how impressive my new lawn was, it was the best lawn in the neighborhood. It was expensive sure, but now I had both treasure and prestige. My lawn was beautiful, the envy of the neighborhood. It was lush, green, and clean with no bugs....one day when Laura was gone, I rolled around on it. I had become a lawn Pharisee! I looked at my neighbor’s lawn with a judgmental eye. Shaking my head! Fix your lawn! This summer was brutal though, no matter how much I watered or fertilized it, the summer sun withered big swaths. My exalted status of number one lawn was gone! For a year, it was better than all others, but now it’s just another yard. In today’s passage, James exposes the folly of putting our hope in withering grass. It's another test of our ropes of faith.
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