Lady, Are You Rich?

Seen Through The Eyes OF Others

They huddled inside the storm door -- two children in ragged outgrown coats. "Any old papers, Lady?" I was very busy and wanted to say no until I looked down at their feet. Thin little sandals, sopped with sleet. "Come on in and I'll make you a cup of cocoa."

There was no conversation. Their soggy sandals left marks on the clean hearthstone. Cocoa and cake would fortify against the chill outside. After serving them, I went back to the kitchen and started on my household budget as they sat enjoying the warmth.

After a few minutes, the silence in the front room struck through to me. I looked in. The girl held her empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice: "Lady, are you rich?" "Am I rich? Mercy no!" I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup in its saucer carefully. "Your cups match your saucers." Her voice was old with a hunger that was not of the stomach.

They left then, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you. They didn't need to. They had done more than that. Plain blue pottery cups and saucers -- but they matched.

I tested the potatoes and stirred the gravy. Potatoes and brown gravy, a roof over our heads, my husband with a good steady job -- these things matched, too. I moved the chairs back from the fire and tidied the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still set upon my hearth. I let them be. I wanted them there in case I ever forgot how very rich I am."

Voice of Health, Jan/Feb 1992

Do we really know how rich we are to be redeemed by the blood of Jesus and born into His family? Oh, how rich we are when our lives are viewed through the eyes of others. Our riches are truly recognized when we forget using God for gain and realize our wealth in Him, our indwelling peace and the ability to help others. Shedding our selfish lust and greed is the only way we can thank God for our riches. How shameful it is that those who call themselves by the name of Christ should be so self-centered; so absorbed in acquiring their own gain and forgetting to be a good Samaritan.

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