It's a calling.
The Word For Today with Bob Gass
Friday, 27th August 2010
... Don't just do the minimum that will get you by...
Colossians 3:23 TM
One of Michelangelo's greatest masterpieces was his sculpture of David. He worked on it with such passion that he often slept in his clothes, resenting the time it took to take them off and put them on again. He repeatedly examined and measured the marble to see what pose it could accommodate. He made hundreds of sketches of possible attitudes, and detailed drawings from models. He tested his ideas in wax on a small scale, and only when he was satisfied did he pick up his chisel and mallet. He approached the painting of the Sistine Chapel with the same intensity. Lying at uncomfortable angles on hard boards, breathing the suffocating air just under the vault, he suffered from inflamed eyes and skin irritation from the plaster dust. For the next four years he literally sweated in physical distress; but look at what he produced! Dr Martin Luther King Jr said, 'If a man is called to be a street sweeper he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well"'. If you're not passionate about what you do, find something you can be passionate about! Don't just strive to make money, strive to make a difference. Significance should be your goal, not survival. Paul gives us the ultimate reason for always giving our best: '... Don't just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best... Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you're serving is Christ' (vv. 23-24 TM).
http://www.thevinetoday.com/word/archive/2010/08/27
I wonder how much longer I can go on ignoring such a blatantly clear message. To remain stubbornly in my comfort zone.
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It is definitely high time for a blog background change. Most definitely... but no inspiration, so that will remain for now.
I think I'm starting to blog more nowadays. Perhaps a change? Small steps to going back to what I used to be passionate about? Nevermind what's the point. Just it makes me feel good.
Yes, finally took away the flooble chatbox thingamabob. Haha, lord knows how long it was there for. Not working. Clearing the junk. Will see what else I can change around.
Friday, 27th August 2010
... Don't just do the minimum that will get you by...
Colossians 3:23 TM
One of Michelangelo's greatest masterpieces was his sculpture of David. He worked on it with such passion that he often slept in his clothes, resenting the time it took to take them off and put them on again. He repeatedly examined and measured the marble to see what pose it could accommodate. He made hundreds of sketches of possible attitudes, and detailed drawings from models. He tested his ideas in wax on a small scale, and only when he was satisfied did he pick up his chisel and mallet. He approached the painting of the Sistine Chapel with the same intensity. Lying at uncomfortable angles on hard boards, breathing the suffocating air just under the vault, he suffered from inflamed eyes and skin irritation from the plaster dust. For the next four years he literally sweated in physical distress; but look at what he produced! Dr Martin Luther King Jr said, 'If a man is called to be a street sweeper he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well"'. If you're not passionate about what you do, find something you can be passionate about! Don't just strive to make money, strive to make a difference. Significance should be your goal, not survival. Paul gives us the ultimate reason for always giving our best: '... Don't just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best... Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you're serving is Christ' (vv. 23-24 TM).
http://www.thevinetoday.com/word/archive/2010/08/27
I wonder how much longer I can go on ignoring such a blatantly clear message. To remain stubbornly in my comfort zone.
~~@~~
It is definitely high time for a blog background change. Most definitely... but no inspiration, so that will remain for now.
I think I'm starting to blog more nowadays. Perhaps a change? Small steps to going back to what I used to be passionate about? Nevermind what's the point. Just it makes me feel good.
Yes, finally took away the flooble chatbox thingamabob. Haha, lord knows how long it was there for. Not working. Clearing the junk. Will see what else I can change around.
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