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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Daniel Sibthorpe

Good Morning.

I'm currently between jobs or should I more accurately say, unemployed.

So when someone asks that classic question "What do you do?" I'm faced with a dilemma.

Do I refer back to my previous employment creating an easy passage to more questions? Maybe I see this as an opportunity to try out my elevator pitch. Listing my skills and talents? I could throw in something more existential like, 鈥淚 do nothing". Leaving the questioner struggling.

I wonder if this question is just a device to help people place us into their pecking order of value. Is worth measured largely by what we do rather than who we really are? If I make it into the top half of their list they might well stay and talk, if I don鈥檛 make the grade they move onto someone seemingly more deserving of their time.
Is it just me, or do we all do this to a certain extent?

When Jesus met people he seemed to look past status or social standing and speak to the intrinsic worth of the individual. Whether a corrupt tax collector, a socially excluded women or a member of the religious elite. Each one had their world view and lives turned upside down after a short encounter with Jesus.

For those curious to know my previous work was as a church leader for 16 years.

So today, I pray that you may be able to see your real value and worth, not in what you may be able to do or not do, but as a unique individual designed in God's image and likeness.

Amen

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