Trusting in Abundance

"The irony, often tragic, is that by embracing the scarcity assumption, we create the very scarcities we fear. If I hoard material goods, others will have too little and I will never have enough. If I fight my way up the ladder of power, others will be defeated and I will never feel secure. If I get jealous of someone I love, I am likely to drive that person away. If I cling to the words I have written as if they were the last of their kind, the pool of new possibilities will surely go dry. We create scarcity by fearfully accepting it as law and by competing with others for resources as if we were stranded in the Sahara at the last oasis.

In the human world, abundance does not happen automatically. It is created when we have the sense to choose community, to come together to celebrate and share our common store. Whether the scarce resource is money or love or power or words, the true law of life is that we generate more of whatever seems scarce by trusting its supply and passing it around."

-Parker Palmer in "Let Your Life Speak" pg. 107

I was so refreshed when I read that. So many times I find myself filled with fear over things that I sense are scarce. I forget that we worship a God who is the giver of all gifts, resources, abilities, talents, relationships, ideas, strategies, etc. He is the one in charge and He will be faithful to provide when the time is right.

Forgive me for my lack of trust.