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Scripture is so powerful and I don’t even have to be a scripture scholar to get the message and use it in my life. But first I have to tell you a story. We went out to dinner last night with our youngest child and our son is now 55, succcessful, happily married, with a beautiful wife, and four beautiful daughters. When he was a child and being beaten in achievements by his older sister and two older brothers, he was not feeling like the spoiled youngest. So I took him aside one day to give him a little affirmation. I took the scripture reading out of context and told him that Jesus said the last shall be first. I said don’t take it from me, this comes from God, and it is right here in the Bible. He took that as his motto and would spout it off to his older siblings whenever he felt the need. In scripture, I have always found whatever I needed in life. It may be only one line that becomes our mantra. My mantra is a very popular one “God is love and whoever dwells in love dwells in God and God dwells in that person.” (Unfortunately I have to work very hard at loving because I am not a loving person by nature. I am blessed with the gift of Faith but not Love.) Today’s reading reminds me of God’s generosity. It knows no bounds! It is not limited by human limitations. It is unlimited love and unconditional love. It is ours for the asking when we drop to our knees. Today’s gospel tells us what God is really like. God’s love for us is beyond all that we think we know about God. Gotta love that line “the last shall be first.” There is hope for all of us when we don’t put human limitations on the God who is limitless.