Jesus said, "it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle than of done who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
The disciples, "Who then can be saved?"
JEsus, "For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."
We can't buy salvation.
But we can receive it as a gift and to receive a gift we must become small.
Smallness is necessary to realize just how big this gift is that is offered.
Jesus invites us to become small in our own estimation so that we can truly embrace the largeness of our worth in his estimation.
The ultimate question isn't how we esteem ourselves but rather do we truly get God's estimation of us.
For the rich the world has become small for everything is at their fingertips. But this can never do.
The one who think he holds the world in his/her hands no longer needs the assistance of the creator's hands.
This is why Ezekiel in the first reading condemns haughtiness.
This is why I love being around the children at school. To them, everything is big. When i walk into the room with my lanky 6 ft 3 frame, they all look up and go he is tall.
Of course if I were to walk on the NBA court every one would do just the opposite and say what is that short dude doing out there.
To a child, they see the largeness of life.
Before God, we must practice bing small so we can stand tall and erect and ride the camel through the eye of the needle.
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