Gracious God, who desires that all people live well, keep us from being distracted and caught up in fruitless things, that we would be free to receive true and lasting blessings from your hand and find the deep needs of our souls satisfied in you, in your creation, and in one another, through Christ our Lord, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in perfect joy forever. Amen.
‘As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.’ – Matthew 13:22