Life Starts Now Sample

Your individual life journey has given you acute knowledge of issues and made you tender to aspects of the world that also grieve the One who created it. What things do you care about? God cares about them too, with an even greater understanding of their complexity. And therein lies the gladness. In that space of shared heartbreak with God, we get to channel our talents to participate in the renewal of all things. Tucked into the bible in Matthew 25 is the parable of the talents. It’s an object lesson in how God resources each person according to their ability, and he invites those who steward their talent well to be his partner. We get to be co-workers in God's service, using our God-given genius to redeem that which has been sullied and warped from its intended design.

I don’t know about you, but that gets me excited. That makes me feel like my life matters. Forget significance - I want a life of consequence, where I steward the best of what I have to make the best of what already is. That feels deeply centering to me, like my head is coming out of the water and my feet are beginning to steady. With that level of focus, I can get my bearings and start to see where I’d like to go. I see how I can use my past to construct a better future. I hope you can too.

Prayer
Father, please help me to be a good steward of the time, talents, and blessings that you have given me. Please help me to work alongside you. Amen.

Start Now Action
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