Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Wednesday, August 23, 2000
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and
cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is
these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.
Since that day we have seen invention after invention that performs difficult tasks for us at a push
of a button. We have come to expect many tasks to be reduced to the simple and the effortless for
us, and we are perhaps justly called, "The Pushbutton Society."
I'm not certain that this attitude hasn't bred a laziness, an occasional unwillingness to struggle at
some of the important things in life that will always be hard work. How do you build a solid
marriage or raise well-balanced children or become a Christ-like person at the push of a button?
Of course not. Take time to work at what really matters.
(Matthew 23:23
NRSV)
In 1888 when Kodak came out with the first simple camera, a piece of equipment that anyone can
use, they coined the slogan, "You press the button, we do the rest." Eliminated were the
containers of chemicals, the heavy equipment, and the need for technical knowledge--things
necessary up to that point for anyone who wanted to produce a photograph.
Dear God, thank you for today's dedicated disciples who are taking time with what
really matters to you. Amen.
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