citizen of the whole

I'm seeing life increasingly through a lens of my contribution toward goodness, life, and grace and then my efforts that take away from these things. I'm only one life, just like any of us. And I want my life to be given toward positive contributions of the whole. That's the way of Jesus of Nazareth, whom I'm patterning my life after. So it seems to me that being a citizen of the whole is a choice that you can't assume. And it's the path I've chosen to follow.

Monday, February 13, 2006

A Prayer for Our Work

Perhaps for the first time in my life I'm learning to appreciate work. Not because it's spectacular, but in the meaning of doing what I was created to do. I found this prayer of John Calvin that struck a chord with me. There is a resonance that sounds within my soul.

"My God, Father and Saviour, since you have commanded us to work in order to meet our needs, sanctify our labor that it may bring nourishment to our souls as well as our bodies. Make us constantly aware that our efforts are worthless unless guided by your light and strengthened by your hand. Make us faithful to the particular tasks for which you have bestowed upon us the necessary gifts, taking from us any envy or jealousy at the vocations of others.

Above all may every temporal grace be matched by spiritual grace, that in body and soul we may live to your glory."
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