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Generosity
Mixed Media Sculpture
21(W) x 65(H) x 14(D) inches

 

An impoverished widow from the port city of Zarephath provided hospitality to the prophet Elijah at the height of  devastating drought and famine.  After generously sharing what little she had, her depleted supply of grain and oil was miraculously replenished.   (I Kings 17:8-24)

 

                                                Thirst.  Hunger.

 

                                                Drought is both lack of water

                                                                and endless longing for refreshment.

                                                Famine is both absence of food

                                                                and relentless yearning for fullness.

 

                                                Hoarding.  Sharing.

 

                                                We struggle to discern

                                                what our humanity asks of us,

                                                                justifying our choices

                                                                       with tales of abundance and scarcity,

 

                                                                ignoring the essential emptiness

                                                                        at the root of our struggle,

                                                                turning away from the one Source

                                                                        able to satisfy our deepest longings.

 

                                                Look with compassion on my circumstance.

                                                Empathize with my dilemma.

                                                But, both in times of abundance and of scarcity,

                                                                re-member my generosity

                                             and practice the miracle of sharing.

 
   

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