A Time and a Place

Today's quote belongs to another of our foundresses, Mother Emily George one of the leaders of the Detroit region.

"...Each is given a time and a place which belong to no one else."

This quote reminds me of the Ecc. 3:1-10 reading...a time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot from planting...

Each of us has a time, a place, a moment in history that belongs to no one else. We are the only one of us that will ever be; there will be no duplicate. Yes, we are one of a kind and so is our place in time.

That can make me excited and anxious at the same time. Have I used this time well? Have I used my gifts well? Is there something I still need to do in my life that I have yet to discover? Each new day is a day closer to eternity. I will not live forever, so how am I using each day?

At the end of my day, can I say that I have done anything to further God's reign? Which spiritual or corporal work of mercy have I done today?

It also makes me very excited. No one has the exact skills and talents in the combination that I have. I may not be the world's greatest, but I am the only in this configuration. What do I have to offer the world?

I think of the young man without toes who became an Olympic runner... I think of a young man in communist Poland who became Pope... I think of the poor boy born in log cabin, dirt floor, little formal education who became President... Yes, each of us has a combination of gifts that are only us and God has given each of us a time and place in history. How are you making history today?

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