“It helps now and then to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nthing to we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us:
No statement says all that could be said
No prayer fully expresses our faith
No confession brings perfection
No pastoral visit brings wholeness
No program accomplishes the churches mission
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about:
We plant seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise
We lay foundations that will need further development
We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capability
We cannot do everything there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something and to do it very well! It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way and 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 the workers, not the master builder; ministers, no the messiah;. We are prophets of a future not our own. Amen”
Arch Bishop Oscar Romerou
Hola Mis Amigos y Mi Familia
Somedays, it seems a struggle to completely understand the work that I am doing. Somedays, the tasks seem so little or so huge that I wonder the difference that I am making. Somedays, it is plain frustrating to watch destruction as I work to build up this country. But it’s bigger than that.
Hannah sent me this quote last week and I have really enjoyed reading it each morning. I thought that I would share it with you, my supporters, to begin to understand the enormity of the little or big things that are done to further the kingdom.
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