First Fruits
Lev 23:11-20 09/18/2017
The Israelites were directed to offer a portion of the first fruits as a memorial sacrifice.
Gratitude is a sense of thanks for the good that has been done. In this way, I recognize the fundamental contingent fact: The good I enjoy may not have been done. The good could have been absent; could have been withheld.
I am owed nothing.
And if I can dwell in this moment in thought, then everything is miraculous. I live in the miracle.
“But blessed are your eyes because they see…” Matt 13:16