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A thought by Max Lucado (2011-05-02) from his book, Cure for the Common Life  (p. 33). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Here is the whole thought by Max.   He says, “You are heaven’s Halley’s comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine. You offer a gift to society that no one else brings. If you don’t bring it, it won’t be brought.” He then says, “Consider a wacky example of this truth.   I jogged through my neighbor-hood the other day under a cloud. Not a cloud of rain, but a cloud of self-doubt. The challenges of life seemed to outnumber the resources, and I questioned my ability. And, quite frankly, I questioned God’s wisdom. Are you sure I’m the right man for this job? was the theme of my prayer.” “Apparently God really wanted to give me an answer, because I heard one. From on high. From a deep, booming voice. ‘You’re doing a good job!’ I stopped dead in my Reeboks and looked up. Seeing nothing in the clouds, I

A thought by Max Lucado (2011-05-02) from his book, Cure for the Common Life  (p. 19). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Earlier Max said something that seems to contradict this.   He said, “You cannot be anything you want to be.” He says, “Secular thinking, as a whole, doesn’t buy this. Secular society sees no author behind the book, no architect behind the house, no purpose behind or beyond life. Society sees no bag and certainly never urges you to unpack one. It simply says, ‘You can be anything you want to be.’ Be a butcher if you want to, a sales rep if you like. Be an ambassador if you really care. You can be anything you want to be. If you work hard enough. But can you? If God didn’t pack within you the meat sense of a butcher, the people skills of a salesperson, or the world vision of an ambassador, can you be one? An unhappy, dissatisfied one perhaps. But a fulfilled one? No. Can an acorn become a rose, a whale

A thought by Max Lucado (2011-05-02) from his book, Cure for the Common Life  (p. 14). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you ever gotten the wrong bag at the airport?   It can be a real problem can’t it?   I’m sure you would have a problem wearing my clothes but they work for me. My great grandfather was a minister, my grandmother was a minister, my father was a minister and I am a minister.   Now my son is a lawyer, an awesome lawyer.   He has determined to not live out of someone else’s bag and he is right where God created him to be.   But what if he had given in to the potential pressure to be a minister like his great great grandfather, or great grandmother, or grandfather or father?   But the truth is, “no one wants to live out of someone else’s bag.”   Max say, “God packed you on purpose for a purpose. Is this news to you? If so, you may be living out of the wrong bag.” He goes on, “Most wage earners