Do you bring along a sandwich in your coat pocket when you are invited to dinner at a friend’s house? Of course not!

Can you imagine inviting twenty people to a party, but only buying enough food to serve ten? Never!

Would you send your child out into a snowstorm in a swimsuit? No way!

As rude and self-centered and uncaring as we all can be, we still abide by some basics of good behavior. So why do we think God won’t?

Jesus’ message in today’s gospel text chides his listeners for “worrying” — worrying about food, worrying about drink, worrying about clothing, worrying about covering all the bases in order to make life livable. Jesus knew the real needs for sustenance and shelter. They were a daily challenge for the average day laborer in first-center Palestine — as they are in twenty-f…