Today is Monday, April 11th, 2005; Karen's Korner #521
Our Sunday School class is finishing up the final few chapters of the popular book "The Purpose Drive Life" by Rick Warren. We are looking at one of the five purposes for anyone's life: we are shaped for serving God.
This is what a paragraph said about serving:
"If you're not involved in any service or ministry, what excuse have you been using? Abraham was old, Jacob was insecure, Leah was unattractive, Jospeh was abused, Moses stuttered, Gideon was poor, Samson was codependent, Rahab was immoral, David had an affair and all kinds of family problems, Elijah was suicidal, Jeremiah was depressed, Jonah was reluctant, Naomi was a widow, John the Baptist was eccentric to say the least, Peter was impulsive and hot-tempered, Martha worried a lot, the Samaritan woman had several failed marriages, Zacchaeus was unpopular, Thomas had doubts, Paul had poor health, and Timothy was timid. That is quite a variety of misfits, but God used each of them in His service. He will use you, too, if you stop making excuses."
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