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Wisdom from Howard E. Butt, Jr.
On this blog, you’ll find more thoughts from Howard E. Butt, Jr. about the intersection of faith and daily living. It’s wisdom in bite-size pieces similar to his successful radio spots, just one more way to tell the story of his efforts since 1956 to integrate faith and work.
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6.18.07
Is our Christianity a part-time affair, a “Sunday morning faith”? Is following Jesus Christ a part-time activity? What keeps us from God on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday?
Often it’s the single best thing about us—our job, family, fun, or church—gone overboard, taken to extremes, turned to excess. This “best thing” then produces an imbalance in the rest of our lives and relationships. It has become an idolatry. Martin Luther said that the human mind is an idol-manufacturing machine.
A real relationship with Jesus Christ—by contrast—is an all-absorbing dynamic that transforms everything we do. Christianity is not a way of doing special things; it’s a special way of doing everything.
For most of us, life involves many elements: work, marriage, kids, church duties, civic responsibilities, hobbies, investments. Is our faith just another item on the list?
No. For sure, not. God does not call us just to a Sunday faith, but a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday faith, too. Every part of our daily lives depends on the foundation of a pervasive, calm, wisdom-producing faith.
From an article titled "Sunday, Monday Faith" in the Summer 2006 Connections.
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