Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Open the calendar, and a new week begins with Sunday.
Each Sunday, through the sermon, I find myself wondering with anticipation: How does God want me to live this coming week?*
52 × 12 × 4.33 = approximately 2,700
Of all these weeks, how many can I honestly say I lived well and felt satisfied with?
By Friday evening, tired after living through another week, I let my heart unwind at our house church gathering. We share our lives and remind one another to turn our eyes toward God’s grace and gratitude. Then I begin to look forward again to hearing God’s voice through the message at worship two days later.* That life cycle has shaped my lifestyle.
Yesterday’s message was a gift, too: “God needs a virtuous leader more than a valiant one. Winning hearts comes first. This is not simply about being a good person.”
Perhaps because I was reading Jeong Hye-shin’s You Are Right, it was a delightful “jinx!” moment when God’s Word clicked perfectly with it. ^^
May I become someone who draws out what lies in another person’s heart! I want to be that person. One more wish added! I pray.
*Malachi 2:7, CJB
“A cohen’s lips should safeguard knowledge, and people should seek Torah from his mouth, because he is the messenger of ADONAI-Tzva’ot.”