"An ancient gnarled tree:
Too fibrous for a logger's saw,
Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square,
Outlasts the whole forest."
Who decides what--or who--is useful, or what--or who--isn't? God calls us according to his purpose, and yes, some people would say that our job is to show up and tell God, "Use me, use me, please!" I think it's not always that simple. God doesn't go around putting stickers on our foreheads. I think He invites us to grow in Him, and with each other, not so that He can use us, but so that we can use the gifts He has given us.
Too fibrous for a logger's saw,
Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square,
Outlasts the whole forest."
Who decides what--or who--is useful, or what--or who--isn't? God calls us according to his purpose, and yes, some people would say that our job is to show up and tell God, "Use me, use me, please!" I think it's not always that simple. God doesn't go around putting stickers on our foreheads. I think He invites us to grow in Him, and with each other, not so that He can use us, but so that we can use the gifts He has given us.
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