RICHNESS OF BEING

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Yale theologian Miroslav Volf says that there are two kinds of richness in life: “richness of having” and “richness of being.” We usually focus on richness of having. We think true happiness lies there.

If only I could have my dream house…
If only I could have a higher salary…
When I get a better car…

We seek richness of having, but what we really want is richness of being. On the other hand, we can have very little and yet be rich.

(Thoughts selected from John Ortberg’s WHEN THE GAME IS OVER IT ALL GOES BACK IN THE BOX}