God can use what?

 

I think most of us aware that God can use our gifts and our strengths for some wonderful purposes.  That’s often how God is at work in the world.  “God’s work; our hands”, as the saying goes.  And how great it is when God does that and we get to be those hands, lifting up, caring, comforting, correcting, directing, etc!    But God can also use our brokenness, our weakness.  Really?   Yes, for it is in our brokenness, our weakness, our need, that God often does his best work.  It is in those times and places where God’s healing, life giving, strengthening presence makes itself known, both in our lives and through our lives, as Pastor Shelly reminded us yesterday.  So, a good question to ask yourself is not just what are my strengths or gifts that God might be able to use, but where am I hurting, what is broken, where am I weak? It’s often in those places where God can make his comforting, healing, strengthening presence known…to me, and through me.

 

Since we are back into our regular schedule, there are plenty of opportunities to worship, learn, serve, grow, be fed, etc.  Along with having 3 worship times again and a great Sunday School beginning for our young people, there are also two wonderful adult Sunday School classes.  If you haven’t tried any of these out, feel welcome to jump in anytime.  It seems every Saturday and Sunday something really good happens which makes me think,  “Oh, I wish this person or that person would have been here to hear that or see that.”  God really is alive and at work through His Word and the Sacraments.  It’s very humbling to be a part of that.  Like the first disciples said,  “Come and see.”  

 

As this last official week of summer ends (first day of Fall this coming Saturday, the 22^nd) may you be blessed and be a blessing to someone.

 

Gratefully,     Pastor Jack Diehl +          www.oursaviorelca.com