This is a gem. Take some time to think about it. Michael Kelly:
“God is an experience miser, for nothing is wasted with God.
We don’t typically think that way. We have seasons of life that feel like a waste. We resonate with the children of Israel, wandering around in the desert for day after day, not sure where we’re going professionally, spiritually or relationally. From our perspective, it seems like an arduous, long, gigantic waste of time.
But it’s not. Nothing is wasted with God.”
After giving a Biblical example he writes,
That’s very encouraging, especially if you find yourself in a season of life today that feels like a waste. That seems to have no purpose. That is, from your vantage point, utterly useless. Maybe you don’t think you can change one more diaper. Or file one more report. Or type one more line.
Be encouraged today, Christian – God is no waster of time. He is no waster of experiences. And perhaps today, in the back of His mind, is a future moment when what you are doing today will be called forth in redemption to once again remind others of a God who desires to be immeasurably close to His people.
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