This afternoon I sat on a sunny grassy hillside in Tacoma and watched my dog Buddy run. When he runs I can see the joy in him. He has joy in running because when he runs he’s doing what God created him to do. I love to watch the joy in him. I feel the joy of the Lord when I watch Buddy run.
It’s so simple and easy to see that when Buddy runs, he’s doing exactly what God created him to do. Why is it so often so hard to see what God created us to do? Because God being the good God he is, I believe he made us to have the same joy in doing what we were created to do that my good dog has in running across a grassy field.
I love to create opportunities for Buddy to run. Does God love to create opportunities for people like you and me to “run?”
What if parents and pastors and other influencers looked real carefully at those in their care and helped each of them find just what God created them to do? What if we did that and then made it our joy to create opportunities for each of them to do the things that they were created for – the things that give them joy? What if we did that?
I’m just sayin’…
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