However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me–the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20:24
“In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course.”
Boniface (672-754) in a letter to Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury. This quote came to mind as I have spent time with people by the Red Sea in Egypt, and there are always ships out in the water.
Do you feel pounded by life’s different stresses? I do frequently. So what’s our role if we want to live generously? With Boniface, I believe it is to give our lives to keep the ship on course.
Many feel that the Church has lost it’s way. It’s off course. If so, who’s responsible? Think before you answer. No finger-pointing. What if we each gave our lives to helping her (the Church) get back on track?