... how many hours we have worked. God does not look at how much stuff we have accumulated. The teaching here is clear. God sees us equally. God treats us equally. We deserve nothing on our own. Everything we have is a free gift from God. The great English mystic Thomas Traherne in the 17th century advises us to enjoy the whole world, indeed the whole universe, and to be grateful for all of it. If we view God's world in this way, then we can see a beauty and experience a joy of which legal owners of property ...
