Amos 5.14-15a (NRSV)

¹⁴Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. ¹⁵Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate…

The Light of H. Emilie Cady

“Did Jesus ever tell anyone that it was God’s will for him or her to suffer lack or be sick or be a failure in any way? If any such vision of God’s will is in your mind, rise up instantly, and in the name of Christ, put it forever out of your thoughts as unworthy of a loving Parent, and doubly unworthy of yourself, God’s offspring. When any of these things come upon you, arise at once and claim your rightful inheritance.”

Mark 10.17-27 (NIV)

¹⁷As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁸“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good — except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

²⁰“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

²¹Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

²²At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

²³Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the [kin-dom] of God!”

²⁴The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the [kin-dom] of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich [person] to enter the [kin-dom] of God.”

²⁶The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷Jesus looked at them and said, “…all things are possible with God.”