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WHAT MAKES YOU COME ALIVE

By Tsh Oxenreider

May

4
IP

2014

Serving:
with malaise, too tired or too indifferent to the still, small stirring inside me that brings forth life.

As you start this week, may you notice what makes you come alive. What do you find yourself lost in, unaware of the time? What subject continually fascinates you? What could you talk about at length without getting bored (besides the latest binge-watching of Sherlock, of course)? I posted this famous quote on the blogs Facebook page a few days ago, and it sparked a few interesting comments:

NEIL LA

WORSH SOUND

IDLAW ANDRE W

Dont ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Howard Thurman A few readers found it selfish, and I can see why it seems that way. It sounds like advice to put your needs before the needs of others. And maybe it means that, in some way. But I read it as this: what makes you come alive is, in fact, what the world needs.

But when I turn off the Spotify, when I stop the mental trails of dinner plans and play dates and work assignments, when I find a little quiet space for my brain and heart to do some dancing I can sense a tap-tap-tap of life. I can hear God whisper to me ways and reasons Hes breathed into my life. And it involves, quite naturally, those things I cant stop thinking about.

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TOM ZA

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WACKI

I bet its the same for you, too. And though its a noble question to ask what the world needs, it may not be the right question for you. When the good, God-given heart in you is stirred, its almost always for something the world needs anyway. In big and small ways.

TEAM R

RENS CHILDTRY MINIS

EAD

Its easy to walk through the ins and outs of our weeks and months with a bit of numbing potion rubbed on our bodies - wake up, do this thing, then the other thing, rinse and repeat. Run errands, help with homework, log hours at the office. Day after day. Now, theres beauty in the everyday and in the small, so dont get me wrong - Ive come to appreciate the liturgy infused in my normal routine.

And this doesnt always have to translate to vocation - this thing that stirs in you may bring home a paycheck, or it might be a simple labor of love.

AND LAURIE LE A WITH G

ER TODDL RY MINIST GRADES 2-6 -UP

At the Seattle meet up a few days ago, I chatted with a reader who works at a hospital but spends her off hours pouring her heart into serving her community. I could tell by the way she spoke about it that its her soulstirring. Its her gift to the world, because it makes her come alive. This week, may you take time to be still, and to notice that stirring inside.

But I often fail to recognize the liturgy itself, and that causes me to go a bit slack-jawed

What makes you come alive? Perhaps its what we all need you to do.

C P TEAM U N A , E CL DSBURY U S L O CAR PAUL & Y, L VESSE Y R R A D , MCCUE Y K C E B ER, K WALK DERRIC ROSE, GRETHA R, UTLE PAUL B ALLANT G N E R KA

CLEAN

Charlottetown Community Church

P.O. Box 1081 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7M4

Pastor Tom Zawacki (902) 892-5001

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