Status Updates From Garden City: Work, Rest, an...

“If God’s glory is his presence and beauty, then, we glorify God by reshaping the raw materials of the world in such a way that, for those with eyes to see, God’s present and beauty are made visible”

“When we see the world in the shape that God intended the way it’s supposed to be, God gets glory, without a word”

“Whether you eat or drink, or WHATEVER YOU DO, do it all for the glory of God”

“If you don’t do it - whatever you are called to do - you are robbing yourself of the life God’s called you to live and the rest of us.”

“A better way to think about calling is as what God made you to do. How you are hardwired by God. […] who you are and what you alone can contribute to the world.”

“Burnout isn’t always the result of giving too much. Sometimes it’s the result of trying to give something you don’t have to give in the first place.”

“The first word used is “abad” in Hebrew, and it basically means work. But it’s not the only way it’s translated into English. Sometimes it’s translated as “service”. So work is service. Service to God. But “abad” is also the same word used all over the Hebrew Bible as worship. Interesting. So work and worship aren’t two separe ideas.”