Who labored before me, even generations before me, that I am now reaping the fruit from? I love that introspection, but I don’t want to stop there. I also want someone to reap the reward of my labor someday.

We work diligently and question if what we are doing has any significance. We go through the motions, check tasks off our lists, and try to get through the day. As a result, we grow weary of serving and end up giving out of obligation or recognition instead of enjoying the privilege to simply serve. So how do we live beyond our to-do list?

Have you ever felt inadequate in who you are or for the task before you? Me too. But is it possible that God is using our inadequacy to show us His immeasurably more? Could it be that when we are weak, we are actually strong?

As our first and forever best friend, God loves us anyway. He extends us grace because He knows more than anyone else possibly could about us – the good, the bad and the ugly and still loves us anyway. Remember, while we were still sinners Christ died for us (Romans 5:8)? Yes, He knows and yet loves.

What roadblocks do you keep running into? If I’m honest I keep ducking and detouring around the same daily limbs on my path, not to mention the aforementioned tree that was a constant dead end.