tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162505592582545605.post8729260772625069258..comments2011-10-18T07:46:48.438-07:00Comments on Portland is Peacing it Together: GardeningBen, Chelsea, Heather, and Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045146069464401567noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162505592582545605.post-20741568820406359782011-08-19T08:17:02.927-07:002011-08-19T08:17:02.927-07:00This is the second thing this week that's made...This is the second thing this week that's made me think of Oscar Romero's prayer:<br /><br />The kingdom is not only beyond our own efforts, it is even beyond our vision.<br />We accomplish in our lifetime only a fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s word.<br />Nothing that we do is complete.<br />The kingdom always lies beyond us.<br />No statement says all that could be said.<br />No prayer fully expresses our faith.<br />No confession brings perfection.<br />No pastoral visit brings wholeness.<br />No program accomplishes the church’s mission.<br />No set of goals includes everything that we are about.<br />We all plant the seed that one day will grow.<br />We water the seeds already planted, knowing that they hold promise.<br />We lay foundations that will need further development.<br />We provide yeast that produces efforts far beyond our capabilities.<br />We cannot do everything.<br />Knowing this enables us to do something, and to do it well.<br />Our work may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way.<br />Our actions present an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.<br />We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.<br />We are the workers, not master builders.<br />We are ministers, not messiahs.<br />We are prophets of a future not our own.<br />Amen.<br />By Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador (1917–1980)Dana Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820070971465402001noreply@blogger.com