Day 183, Evening
Today’s evening meditation is available below in audio and script formats. The audio version is also available for free download on the player.
Reading
“To the illumined person, a clump of dirt, a stone, and piece of gold are all the same.”
—The Bhagavad Gita (The Song Of The Lord)
Stillness
As your day draws to a close, spend a few moments in silence and stillness.
Commentary
Gold is not valuable in itself. It is valuable because there is so little of it. If sand were found only in small quantities, people would treasure it in their safe-deposit boxes; they would buy sand certificates, on important occasions they would exchange a little sand, and they would have the expression “as good as sand.”
Things cannot give us status. We give status to things. When Tom gets into his BMW, he is giving status to the car. The car is not giving him status. The car says, “I feel good because Tom is at the wheel.”
What really gives value to anything is its usefulness in serving others. Our body draws its value from its usefulness in serving others, and our life draws its value, not from the money we make, or the prizes we win, or the power we wield over others, but from the service we give every day to add a little bit more to the happiness of our family and our community. (WLB)
Prayer
• for a love of and commitment to the communities in which God has placed us
• for God to equip us to serve in unique ways in the public arena
• for police, firefighters, and other emergency workers
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Abbreviations
BC The Belgic Confession
CAC The Center For Action & Contemplation
CD The Canons of Dort
CIB Church In Bethesda Prayers
HC The Heidelberg Catechism
NT The New Testament
OT The Old Testament
RP Ryan Phipps
WC The Westminster Confession
WLB Words To Live By
WLC The Westminster Larger Catechism
WSC The Westminster Shorter Catechism