LIMITATIONS!!!!!!!!!
LIMITATIONS!!!!!!!??????
1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover
it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
It is required that a man be found faithful, not limited.
Faithfulness
I've been thinking recently about how glad I am that certain visionaries refused to listen to the frowning crowd on the pier. I'm glad, for example:
* that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb even though his helpers seriously doubted the thing would ever work.
* that Luther refused to back down when the church doubled her fists and clenched her teeth.
* that Michaelangelo kept pounding and painting, regardless of those negative put‑downs.
* that Lindbergh decided to ignore what everyone else had said was ridiculous and flirting with death.
* that Douglas MacArthur promised, during the darkest days of World War II, "I shall return".
* that Papa Ten Boom said "Yes" to frightened Jews who needed a safe refuge, a hiding place.
* that the distinguished Julliard School of Music would see beyond the braces and wheelchair and admit an unlikely violin student named Perlman.
* that Tom Sullivan decided to be everything that he could possibly be even though he was born blind.
* that the Gaithers made room in their busy lives for a scared young soprano who would one day thrill Christendom with "We Shall Behold Him."
* that Fred Dixon continued to train for the decathlon ‑‑ and finished the course ‑‑ even though critics told him he was over the hill.
* that our Lord Jesus held nothing back when He left heaven, lived on earth, and went for it ‑‑ all the way to the cross ‑‑ and beyond.
You could add to the list. You may even belong on the list. If so, hats off to you.
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