SE01 A Million Little WaysDAY 09 - Labor
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김지윤2022-05-19 08:42
To reach what God has intended for me , the full glory and potential, there is some labor to do. There is a labor of training and disciplining my self under him.
Everyday I walk in this process and in this I become a image bearer of jesus bit by bit. Sometimes I fall down and get in the bad cycle but I get back to the train and labor of this glorious journey.
Everyday I walk in this process and in this I become a image bearer of jesus bit by bit. Sometimes I fall down and get in the bad cycle but I get back to the train and labor of this glorious journey.
보배합2022-05-19 22:45
Dear Gen, I thank you so much for choosing to share your writing with us. Such an inspiration!
It's amazing to get to know someone to walk together on this faithful and lifelong journey.
Thank you, Gen, for not giving up on it. Please keep up the good work!
It's amazing to get to know someone to walk together on this faithful and lifelong journey.
Thank you, Gen, for not giving up on it. Please keep up the good work!
헬렌2022-05-19 10:01
As I saw the word, ‘labor’, I thought of the scene when I gave birth to my children. I really labored with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength, and with all of my everything. All labors that I do cannot be that way, for sure (No Way!). However, if I do labor to reveal His glory through my life in that way, it will give birth to something. Of course, I know that God is pleased with the process of labor itself regardless of products.
보배합2022-05-19 22:49
Dear Helen, thank you so much for sharing your writing with us!
Yes! As I saw the word, 'labor', it brought me to think of the same scene. Thank God I'm done with that labor!
And I really love your last sentence. I know that God is pleased with the process of labor itself regardless of products!
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful sentence.
Yes! As I saw the word, 'labor', it brought me to think of the same scene. Thank God I'm done with that labor!
And I really love your last sentence. I know that God is pleased with the process of labor itself regardless of products!
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful sentence.
겨울밤공기2022-05-19 13:29
Sometimes, when I think about revealing the glory of God with my labor, it means that I perform the things that I am committed perfectly. But, when I see my children's eyes looking at me with all their loving heart, their works are to be my glory. That'll be the same way for God.
보배합2022-05-19 22:57
Dear Dana, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful writing with us. Reading your writing makes me delightful!
I totally agree with you, Dana! I think the emphasis is more on the process rather than on the results of 'labor' in God's perspective.
It reminds me of 1 Corinthians 13 : If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
I totally agree with you, Dana! I think the emphasis is more on the process rather than on the results of 'labor' in God's perspective.
It reminds me of 1 Corinthians 13 : If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Daniella2022-05-19 13:45
I am thankful to God for cheering for me every moment. I felt sort of lonely when I did care and serve others but no one knew. Now I am motivated by his gentle cheering voice that he is watching me all time and happily blessing the work of my hands as I diligently labor. There is nothing more soothing than his love that makes me keep doing good work.
보배합2022-05-19 22:59
Dear Daniella, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful piece of writing with us. It's such an honor to read your confession!
"There is nothing more soothing than his love that makes me keep doing good work."
Amen, and amen! I'm so glad that we are on the same, faithful, and lifelong journey together. Let us not give up! Keep up the good work!
"There is nothing more soothing than his love that makes me keep doing good work."
Amen, and amen! I'm so glad that we are on the same, faithful, and lifelong journey together. Let us not give up! Keep up the good work!
Stella2022-05-20 01:02
When I saw the word “labor”, it reminded me “God’s mission”. How wonderful it is to participate in His work!
Because I’m a sinful human, I always fall down, get frustrated, and fail, however, He is always with me and wakes me up.
p.s. Ashley, I’m so impressed with your choice of word all the time.
Because I’m a sinful human, I always fall down, get frustrated, and fail, however, He is always with me and wakes me up.
p.s. Ashley, I’m so impressed with your choice of word all the time.
보배합2022-05-21 00:37
Dear Stella, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to read your writing! Yay!! :)
And I thank you for your sweet encouraging. I'm so glad that you've felt impressed with our 10 days together!
Amen. Although we are all sinful human, as long as we breathe, God never gives up on us. How wonderful and graceful miracle His love is!
And I thank you for your sweet encouraging. I'm so glad that you've felt impressed with our 10 days together!
Amen. Although we are all sinful human, as long as we breathe, God never gives up on us. How wonderful and graceful miracle His love is!
Joy2022-05-20 15:43
That is something I still struggle with as Ashley mentioned in her note. Am I on the right path? What have I been doing for his glory? His kingdom to be expended? For sure, He created us for His glory but consistently the question erupts in my mind that I am used, or my labor means to Him. "God I pray that all that I do, I want to be your glory, used for your name though I am nothing!"
보배합2022-05-21 00:40
Dear Joy, thank you so much for giving us this wonderful opportunity to read your writing!
I know, right? This question is something we all hold onto while we breathe and live on earth.
The 'A-ha' moment would come when we finally finish the journey and meet Jesus at the goal line.
I want to pray your prayer tonight. "God, I want to be used as a vehicle to reveal your glory. Use my every shape of soul for your name on high. In Jesus' name, Amen."
I know, right? This question is something we all hold onto while we breathe and live on earth.
The 'A-ha' moment would come when we finally finish the journey and meet Jesus at the goal line.
I want to pray your prayer tonight. "God, I want to be used as a vehicle to reveal your glory. Use my every shape of soul for your name on high. In Jesus' name, Amen."
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From the Book
But this train exists and runs and it does so because train-makers make it their job to make and fix the trains. A broken down train can’t sit there for long in the presence of the train-maker. His job is to make the train work, to run well, to reach its full potential.
His job is to reveal the full glory of the train.
Isn’t that what artists do? They struggle and labor to express the full glory of what they want to say, how they see the world, the beauty that lives in their head? They do the work of getting it out of their head and sharing it with us.
What full glory does my life labor to reveal?
What does it look like to embrace the truth of our image-bearing identity and live into the job we’ve been given to do? Does that look different for you than it does for me? How?
I don’t harbor lofty notions of expertise, as I’m not convinced there is such a thing in deep matters of the soul and spirit. But I hope to prove myself a worthy companion, an intuitive observer of the art of God. Still, there is one thing I know for sure: I know you are an image bearer with a job to do. And the simplest description I can come up with for what that means is this: You are art and you make art.
<A Million Little Ways> Emily P. Freeman p32-33
Ashley's Note
What full glory does my life labor to reveal?
That’s something I’ve been wondering throughout my life. What full glory does my life labor to reveal? Will I ever get to answer this question with clarity? In the future, when I finally get to see face to face with my heavenly Father, then I would know the answer as clearly as possible. At this point of my life, however, I just have one desire to become one of chairs at God’s table—where people come, sit, nourish their souls with good food, and go out to live a life of giving the light of Jesus, because we can only give what we have.
Today’s Mission
Write your sentences with today’s expression, ‘labor’. Your sentences don’t need to be long. Just one sentence would be alright. Remember. This place is the place to make mistakes and errors. Have fun!!