A Letter to a Sleepy Friend

Some people are simply too spiritually sleepy to hear anything, and writing to them is like talking to a drowsy friend who pretends to listen but is nearly unconscious. I recently heard a farmer dismiss every moral and social crisis Chavez, crime, riots, lawlessness because none of it touched him personally; but let a tire blow out and suddenly the whole world is conspiring against him. Everything is fine until his ox is gored. Scripture calls this sin: a willful blindness to anything outside one’s own interests. Our Lord warned us not to waste holy things on those determined not to hear (Matt. 7:6) and told His disciples to walk away from people who refuse the message (Matt. 10:14). With so many ready to listen, Christ, the Lord of the harvest, calls us to use our time wisely and work where it counts, for we will give an account.