²⁸And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

 ²⁹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

I had never understood this. I would say what about work?  Its work that gets us out of suffering. Only if we all work hard can we love our neighbor.

In fact lilies do not concern themselves with work .. they simply are .. yet they still act exactly as they are and they produce great beauty. We are the same as the lilies. If we simply permit ourselves to love our creator, and follow Jesus Christ...  we will not work, or worry... We will do our lives and our day to day toil will be for "God and country", so to speak... for our neighbor. There is no reason or need to worry about a fine meal, or nice clothes for that is not the point, who we are is the point. What is the point of this short opportunity to exist if it is not for love, the infinite pity...   What was once work and worry becomes the joy of doing Gods work.  

The Buddhists have a similar concept ... that life is like a stone thrown in a river, its not the stone that makes it's destiny but the rivers current. Only the form and shape of the stone can effect its destiny. The river represents the alpha and omega... and we are the stone.                 

 

  

²⁸ Y por el vestido, ¿por qué os angustiáis? Considerad los lirios del campo,^[a] cómo crecen: no trabajan ni hilan;

    ²⁹ pero os digo que ni aun Salomón^[b] con toda su gloria se vistió como uno de ellos.