I read this little book on Mother Theresa. She once said, "At the moment of death we will no be judged according to the number of good deeds we have done or by the diplomas we have received in our lifetime. We will be judged according to the love we have put into our work."
Her words stood out to me today and reminded me of the call many of God's people have answered to throughout the ages. It was in Genesis 2 in the Bible when God gave the first man the responsibility of working the ground and keeping the garden in order. There is something very profound in work. When we forget we must rediscover the joy. We have work to do. And it's meant to be meaningful.
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.
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