Lead the life

After I Corinthians 7:17-24 

Lead the life I assigned

you, doing the work

I called you to. You

are designed to do

this work, called

to fulfill the task

you’re appointed to.

Your calling is not

to make money,

prosper, gain fame,

be honored by all.

No, your calling is

to serve, remaining

in God, using the skills,

abilities, and talents

I gave you. This

calling is for life.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

My God, Send Another – poem by Andy Patton at Rabbit Room Poetry.

 

The Loss of Intellectual Curiosity – and Why It’s Dividing the Church – Michael Kruger at Canon Fodder.

 

Courage for a New School Year – Andy Young at Ligonier. 

 

Why we haven’t turned off our live steam – Stephen Kneale at Building Jerusalem.

 

Unpredictable Futures: Bonheoffer and Bots – Joel Miller at Miller’s Book Review.

The calling, at the end

After I Corinthians 7:17-24 

Inventory time:

Did you honor me

  with the skills and

   talents I gave you?

Did you honor the parents,

   the teachers, the pastors,

   the authorities I placed

   into your life?

Did you use the skills

   and talents I gave you

   to provide for your family?

Did you use the skills

   and talents I gave you

   to promote the public good?

Were my people’s legitimate

   prayers answered

   through you?

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

Lamplight – poem by Andrew Lansdown at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

The Maker – poem by Seth Lewis.

 

The Biggest Evangelical Divide Is No Longer Between Wesleyans and Calvinists – Nicholas McDonald at The Bard Owl.

 

Igniting Hope: MLK’s Powerful Washington March Address – Jason Clark ad This is the Day.