Balancing

 Never came across this version of the text of St Paul... (to the 2nd Corinthians)

Remember how generous the Lord Jesus was: he was rich, but he became poor for your sake, to make you rich out of his poverty.  This does not mean that to give relief to others you ought to make things difficult for yourselves: it is a question of balancing what happens to be your surplus now against their present need, and one day they may have something to spare that will supply your own need. That is how we strike a balance: The man who gathered much had none too much, the man who gathered little did not go short. 

Living the moment

 Amidst all the 'what ifs' we keep missing out the 'what is'!!

Experience of God vs attendance at prayer

 Continued insistence on attendance at community prayer has been done for ages.  How far have we reached with that?  Perhaps we haven't really become men of prayer or men of God, because we have aimed low, staggeringly low! Even that regular attendance is not achieved! 

Ask for something, you get nothing.  Ask for much, you get everything! 

Therefore aim for a personal experience of God.  Draw up corresponding lines of action (I understand, attendance at prayer is one of them).  If one does have an experience of God, daily attendance will happen by default.