Scripture Reflection for February 14, 2010: 6th Sunday in O.T., year C

“Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings!” says Jeremiah on one of his bluer days. But, he wasn’t far from wrong, was he? We all know how often people let us down, and how often we have let others down. Sometimes, it’s not “bad will,” it’s just impossible for us to follow through. My best friend in Kansas City died three days before this past Christmas, and if you remember, we had Christmas on Thursday night and Friday, then Saturday night and Sunday were our regular worship days. I couldn’t get away to do his funeral. It wasn’t “bad will,” I simply couldn’t do it. That’s that nature of humanity. We are bound by time and space, and we are limited. Jeremiah knew this, and pointed out that it is a far more intelligent thing to commit our cares to God and to trust Him to carry us through them. That’s what Christ is getting at in the Lukan rendition of the Beatitudes. The rich often trust their money and their connections…but those can so easily evaporate. So, let’s all commit ourselves and our cares to the One Who is Faithful.