This is the last of several Mondays this fall, where I've posted some practical ideas o help answer the question "what does 'living on mission' look like every day?" These are just example ideas to hep you live with "gospel intentionality"; consider how you could tweak each to fit your life. As you do, I'd love your input, ideas, and creativity as well. If you have ideas for the list, email me or comment below, and I'll get them up here in the coming weeks*. Here's this week's list:- Find a widow and ask how you can best serve her.
- Build a relationship with that widow and invite her into your life.
- Look at cashiers’ nametags. Smile and thank them by name.
- Do the same for waiters, administrative assistants, and other “generally under-thanked” folks.
- Do what you normally do; just do it with other people.
- For the past several weeks there have been 10 of these - for this last installment, there are only seven [technically six, but whatever]. What would you do write as the final three?
- Bottom line: do things you would normally do; just do them with the gospel at the forefront of your mind!
[*Note: Some of these suggestions are original; some have been collected from others. In gratitude to them, and as an encouragement to you, I freely pass them along to copy, read, repost or otherwise use liberally. However, one reason for compiling this list is for an upcoming booklet/workbook, so I ask that you link back to this site if making any of it public, by including: "Ben Connelly, www.oneglory.org." Thanks!]
3 comments:
This a spectacular list. It makes me wonder though, are these things we should be doing on a mission... or are these things that we should be doing everywhere?
Thanks for the kind words, blue owl. Your comment is exactly what this list, and its nine precursors, was intended for. Mission IS everyday; it's the DNA instilled in us; it's the great commission and thus our 24/7 calling. That philosophy just has a hard time translating into practice though, and thus the list of ideas I've posted oveelr the fall. It's not enough just to do things, but hopefully the more we do, the more our lifestyle will change too. Thanks!
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