I heard in a sermon some 50 years ago: Daily we get up and get in our boats and row through the order of events. We do this without thought. This pattern prepares us for whatever comes. If the day brings us something new, we are ready to keep rowing and continue fulfilling our call to duty and service.
I’m going to call this “stewardship today.” A calling to carry on. We’re trained and practiced so – ready or not – we follow through on our mission. We set our sights ahead to the shore we want to reach.
God said, “I am with you to the end of the age,” and we must carry those words with us in the boat daily as we row, anticipating change, taking on challenges. Just as God is with us, we are to be with others to help support and encourage them. Stewardship today – carrying on – is our promise to uphold and share.
This message is excerpted from “Stewardship today: A call to carry on” by Margo Holzman from the July 6, 2017, blog of the Women of the ELCA.
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