Tonight my acting students open another show.  I’ve lost count of all the opening nights, but each one of them holds great excitement and anticipation.  Like any endeavor,  we try to approach our goals using the best of our abilities.  It’s kind of like being part a team, a corporation, or even a church.  Each one uses his particular talents to complete the task to accomplish the best that can be done.

When the Christian church was established it was compared to being part of one body – the body of Christ.  Each part serves a purpose.  Each one is important to the operation of the whole.   If the eyes don’t work – something else compensates for them.  If the arm doesn’t work another  takes it place.

No matter what we do in life I think it’s important for us to remember that we all have a function.  We all have value and we all have purpose.  Those things are part of the way God made us.  He sees our capabilities and uses them to help others – to show compassion – to encourage – inspire – teach.  He knows where our talents lie and He uses them to enlarge His kingdom and make the world a better place to be.

Whenever you feel your life is going nowhere or that you simply don’t have anything to contribute anymore, think of what He has created within you and  rejoice that you are important to Him and to the world you live in.  He knew you before your conception and  had your life all mapped out even then.

So as we wait for the curtain to go up on each day of our life, let’s take the things we’ve learned along the way and use them to the best of our ability remembering that we were created as a masterpiece by God Himself and He never makes mistakes.