Contemplative Bible Reading

Haggai 1:6 (New International Version)

You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.

I am considering this verse in light of my current situation. (1) Am I happy? (2) Am I content? (3) Is there anything terribly wrong in my life at this time?

The answer to question (3) is “no.” The answer to questions (1) and (2) are not so definite in my mind. I don’t like those answers.

Sometimes I find myself not thinking about what is happening in my life. I think so much about so many things that I neglect thinking about my own life. That doesn’t make any sense. I want life to make sense (is that a silly notion?).

Count your many blessings is a phrase from an old Gospel song. Name them one by one is another phrase. Perhaps I should think more on that old Gospel song and less on some of the things that occupy my mind.

Recently my wife told me that “I take things so seriously.” That is probably part of my temperament. I should do more things that are light-hearted – more things that I don’t take so seriously.