tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post6745547574175522434..comments2023-08-10T07:18:16.879-04:00Comments on Borrowed Light: My Thoughts on James MacDonald’s “Resignation”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-54003865835800043382013-05-08T13:10:30.939-04:002013-05-08T13:10:30.939-04:00was MacDonald expecting a quick fix to indicate su...was MacDonald expecting a quick fix to indicate success as he worked in the vinyards of the Lord? <br />how human that is . . . and filled with ego, I'm afraid . . . <br /><br />some advice from a much more humble person, this:<br /><br />""It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.<br />The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,<br />it is even beyond our vision.<br />We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work.<br />Nothing we do is complete,<br />which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us.<br /><br />No statement says all that could be said.<br />No prayer fully expresses our faith.<br />No confession brings perfection.<br />No pastoral visit brings wholeness.<br />No program accomplishes the Church's mission.<br />No set of goals and objectives includes everything.<br /><br />This is what we are about.<br />We plant the seeds that one day will grow.<br />We water seeds already planted,<br />knowing that they hold future promise.<br />We lay foundations that will need further development.<br />We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.<br />We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.<br />This enables us to do something, and to do it very well.<br />It may be incomplete,<br /> but it is a beginning, <br />a step along the way,<br /> an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.<br /><br />We may never see the end results,<br />but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.<br />We are workers, not master builders;<br />ministers, not messiahs.<br />We are prophets of a future not our own."<br />(o. romero)Christianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969310497166526545noreply@blogger.com