Name upon name, task upon task, position upon position, I feel like I am looking into the file drawer of the HR person responsible for protecting worship in
I was surprised by all the detail. I don’t normally think about details. Thinking about the details, I realized that things don’t just ‘happen’, there is work, effort, and thought behind every accomplishment. Whether it is making the tissue I just used to blow my nose; the worship service we will attend this weekend; or labor and ingenuity which provided and maintains the Internet over which this blog will travel; people and hours of work are behind it all.
The whisper of the Spirit, as I contemplate David’s kingdom and my 21st century life, “Appreciate others, you need them.”
This chapter reminds me how dependent I am on other people. I am part of an interconnected and interdependent world and I need other people. God’s whisper echoes back: “Remember to appreciate them!”
Lord, I can become so focused on my world and ‘my this and my that’. I can become so self-centered that I miss Your call to kindness (Gal 5:22) and appreciating others. Forgive m,e Lord, and help me to grow into a person who appreciates others… Amen.
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