Father Mike Schmitz

We get so full, we're confident in ourselves.

Like, oh no, I don't need God because I'm taken care of.

Or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of God.

Basically, here's the author here of wisdom.

Saying, I know myself, I can't be trusted.

I cannot be trusted.

You give me excessive wealth and I will do something foolish with it, like denying the Lord.

You give me a dire situation or circumstance and I will steal and I will not be a just person.

And that's something, man, so much wisdom there, isn't that?

Isn't that so much wisdom, not only for ourselves, but also we look around and look at people

that we might be quick to judge.

Maybe celebrities or famous people or wealthy people and say, I can't believe that they're living such shallow lives.

Well, that would be me if I was that wealthy.

Or we see people who are committing crimes and stealing or turning to a life of crime and say, God, if you didn't protect me from that, I would probably do the same thing.

It doesn't make those things right, but it does make them understandable.

Again, that doesn't make wrong right understandable.

but it does hopefully make it so that our hearts and our minds, our understanding can be patient, right?

Can offer grace because we know that there but for the grace of God, go I. Go we, I go.

Here we are in James chapter four and five.

So incredible.