Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.” St. Augustine
Well, to look at this one I had to look up “charity” and refresh myself as to its meaning. Per my on-line dictionary:
Charity: “the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need.
It is easy for me to focus on the “typically in the form of money” part of charity, but it occurs to me that the form charity takes is less significant than the “voluntary giving of help” part. As I contemplate “live in charity” further, what jumps out is not the “charity” part but the “live in” part. I am not just supposed to “live in charity,” I am supposed to “LIVE in charity,” as a fish lives in water. Charity is not a place to visit when convenient, comfortable, or when I need the tax deduction, it is not just a place to visit, it is where I am supposed to LIVE. I hear it is a really good neighborhood.
It occurs to me... 