Our Daily Bread:Jonah 3:1-10; Luke 10:38-42

There is need of only one thing.

For many, of course, the problem is trying to determine what that one thing is. We get ourselves in a lot of trouble seeking the wrong things or clinging to things, people or beliefs that are detrimental to our best interests. We pose even greater danger to our well-being when we assume that the one thing we need is even a thing at all. Only by simplifying our needs and stripping away what is unnecessary will we come to recognize what we most need in our lives. Don’t be surprised to find that it is not something we can possess; when we attend to the Lord and hear his word, we cannot help but give that word away through our loving discipleship.

*Loving God, guide us with the grace to be still and attend to your word, we pray.