Free to choose

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of the inheritance that our father left us." 14 Jesus said to him, "Who appointed me to be your judge or to divide your inheritance?" 15 He told the people, "Be careful to guard yourselves from every kind of greed. Life is not about having a lot of material possessions." 16 Then he used this illustration. He said, "A rich man had land that produced good crops. 17 He thought, 'What should I do? I don't have enough room to store my crops.' 18 He said, 'I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones so that I can store all my grain and goods in them. 19 Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up a lot of good things for years to come. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you've accumulated?' 21 That's how it is when a person has material riches but is not rich in his relationship with God." Luke 12:13-21

P.S...this teaching from Jesus came to me after I was listening
to a very good friend tell about his plans to find a nice younger woman
to marry maybe...but at least to live with. My friend is over 50 and like
myself had made some bad choices earlier in life. He had separated from his wife.
He had a son with another woman with whom he was now living in what
seemed like much misery.....and he was thinking seriously about finding
and "settling down with a younger woman"

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seed ideas for future rambling
Freedom
competition
choice
conscience
right & rights
good vs bad
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Richard the ruler
loses his soles (soul)

Now he is richard the looser

so is everyone that layeth up for himself treasure
and is not rich towards GOD