Lord 🙏🙏

The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.🙌

God created the heavens, firmament, and earth. All of his creations exalt and rejoice in Him. All things came into being through him, and without Him, nothing would come into being. Glory be to God!🙌

God of infinite wisdom and light, creator of all that is holy, heaven and earth are filled with Your glory! I pray that I can love You with all of my heart and strength, with every fiber of my being I wish to rejoice in You, as the rest of Your creations do. I shall rejoice in Your name and exalt Your creations this day and always. Amen.🙏🙏

We are approaching the end of the liturgical year and will be reflecting on quite a few passages that are warnings to clean up our act in preparation for the second coming. This passage from Habakkuk is a complaint about those who are unjust and a desire for them to be punished. If we think about it, we probably complain to God about the same thing. Maybe we don’t complain about countries as much as about individuals, but we complain. We like the phrase, “What goes around, comes around!” But sometimes we get impatient for it to “come around!” There’s a very good reason why greed is one of the seven deadly sins. Greed can lead to many other problems.🙌

The greedy person may turn to theft to satisfy their need, whether it’s shoplifting or embezzlement, the end result is the same. It can also lead to extortion as mentioned in the passage. Greedy landlords who refuse to spend money to bring their property up to code. Business owners who would rather pay their employees under the table at reduced wages to save money on both the wages and the benefits. Others who gobble up small businesses and fire the employees are often the same people who claim that we pay too much in unemployment benefits! Why is it that those who earn the most complain the most about paying taxes?🙌

As I said, we also wonder when the greedy will be punished for their sins. We need to take a good look at ourselves as well. Is there a bit of the same greed in us? Have you ever looked at the piece of pie served to you and your neighbor and thought that yours was smaller??? As we count down these last few weeks, let’s re examine ourselves so that we can ingrain out our faults.🙌