Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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It helps now and then, to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
It is beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.
Nothing we can do is complete, which is a way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that can be said.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
It may be incomplete but it is a beginning step along the way,
An opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.
We are the prophets of a future not our own.
This is what we are about.
We plant the seeds that will one day grow.
We water seeds already planted,
Knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that need further development.
We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.
This enables us to do something and to do it very well.
Amen.

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