“Re: Works”

H,

I remember all the dreams we had of conquering the world and laying the groundwork for truth and beauty. We had this grand idea that we could do this by sterling law practice. Well, it was rarely sterling, and it was barely a practice. I suspect we were not made for this “spirit of excellence” troupe and we cannot file the necessary fake paperwork to make it appear as if we are of that word.

We had to readjust our aims and our heart. There are no grand stories outside of Christ. We are receivers of grace and not purveyors of some unnecessary goal. Love is what makes it necessary to spread the idea of grace and the work we do is only part of a full life in Christ. Once we know this, it redefines how we work and how much worth we put in that.

And do we not work better now? Are we not less likely to force on ourselves the arrogance of knowing? Do we not embrace now, the humility of learning slowly, perhaps again, the thing we think we already know but actually do not know enough?

This redefinition of work and life removes the divide between the sacred and the mundane. It allows us to live in the now moments of God and not in past glories or failures or those things in between. We are getting better. That is the only charge. We want to get better. That is the only approach. Our work now has significance and scope and meaning and purpose, not only to us, but to the idea of eternity and living in the light of God. It does not matter what the job is. It matters the spirit we bring to it. It matters that our hearts are tuned into that reality that makes our whole body full of light. It matters that the work is in us as well as through us.