Sharing is Caring

‘O you of little faith, consider the lilies.’           “And which of you by worrying can add even one cubit to his stature?   If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?   Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither spin nor weave; yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.   But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?” (Luke 12:25–28)       (1)    After reading today’s passage, Luke 12:25–28, I reread it in the original Greek.   The first Greek word that caught my attention was “ὀλιγόπιστοι” (oligopistoi) — “you of little faith.”   (a)     This Greek word is a compound of “ὀλίγος” (oligos) meaning “little” and “πίστις” (pistis) meaning “faith.” It refers to a state of be...