Stewardship

I would like to think of how you can best help the Church in her work. For a great many of us we can do this through a particular ministry, a certain talent that God has given you. This can be something so obvious that you can do it without giving a great deal of thought. However, sometimes God asks us to do things that might require more thought than we would like.

We are called to more suffering than we would naturally like. It would be great if suffering didn't exist, but we all know about the Fall of Man from the Garden of Eden which is how sin entered the world. Jesus Christ's death and resurrection finished death as man's final end. However, it didn't finish suffering. We are called to suffer and sometimes that can come in our daily interaction with friends and co-workers. It doesn't make it any less uncomfortable, but Jesus did tell us that if we acknowledge Him here on earth, He will acknowledge us in heaven.

This Lent think of how you can help defend the Church from those who would cause her ill will. You will receive your reward in heaven and you will be thanked by countless others, who by your defense of the faith were able to understand Christ's truths while they were here on earth.