Pentecost 22 2024

Does anyone here really believe that the rich and the famous live happier lives than all the rest? Have you looked at some of their lives? Indeed, the wealthy can chase after every worldly pleasure. They can afford every bodily comfort. They can travel to exotic places. They can showcase and be ostentatious with all their possessions. And they sure look happy when they are interviewed or captured in photos. But not everyone who is rich and famous is happy. I think you know that. And you can run into some surprisingly happy people that are impoverished, face lots of hardships, and have been ignored by polite company. But that the rich and famous aren’t necessarily happy, don’t take my word for it. Take it from the testimony of one of the wealthiest and best-known men of his day…