{"id":305346,"date":"2019-09-14T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/the-liturgy-of-the-everyday\/"},"modified":"2019-09-14T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T10:00:05","slug":"the-liturgy-of-the-everyday","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-this-week\/the-liturgy-of-the-everyday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Liturgy of the Everyday"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if there were liturgies for more menial tasks like paying bills, planting a garden, or changing diapers? 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Douglas McKelvey helps us remember that God is the God of every day.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/flw\/flw2019-09-14.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> As you look around, everything you see\u2014God created it. In Psalm 19, King David wrote these words: \u201cThe heavens declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the work of His hands.\u201d But how often do you think of God in your everyday moments?\u2014you know, in those mundane times? Here\u2019s Douglas McKelvey.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> If this is the <em>true<\/em> story of history, what is revealed in Scripture of God\u2019s plan\u2014and if this is where it\u2019s going, to this glorious end\u2014then whether that moment is changing a diaper, or planting a flower, or filling out your taxes, it follows that every moment of our lives, no matter how mundane, finds its context within that storyline\/that greater story of redemption.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> If we believe God is in every moment of our lives, what should our response be? We\u2019ll talk about that today on this edition of <em>FamilyLife This Week.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to <em>FamilyLife This Week. <\/em>I\u2019m Michelle Hill. Today we are going to take a journey through prayer. It\u2019s going to be a special day. So let\u2019s just begin right here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shannon:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMeet me, Oh Christ, in the stillness of this morning;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMove me, Oh Spirit, to quiet my heart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMend me, Oh Father, from yesterday\u2019s harms;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me enter this new day aware of my need \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd awake to your grace, Oh Lord.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Megan:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPrepare our souls for the sorrows and joys we will encounter,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat every circumstance would serve only to draw us nearer to you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Zion:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay the light of that eternal city illuminate our hearts, our oaths, our vision, Through these next hours, Lord.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jim:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo you must come repeatedly to the end of trust in your own strength, Child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou must avail yourself, again and again, of His strength.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Christy:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWalk with us now, O LORD, in the stillness of this tilled and quiet space, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat when we venture again into the still greater garden of Your world, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe might be prepared to offer our lives as a true and nourishing provision\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo all who hunger for You.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Don\u2019t you feel more peaceful right now? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOver a year ago, I was visiting a friend and her family on the east coast. I had just finished emceeing at an event and was just depleted and tired. One morning, my friend Jenny handed me a book. This book is titled <em>Every Moment Holy, <\/em>and it\u2019s by Douglas McKelvey. At first glance, it was just a book of prayers to guide me through my days and my life; but it\u2019s a book of liturgies.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me just give you a little background on liturgies. It\u2019s actually a part of Sunday morning worship services, where people read together: it could be a creed, or Scripture, or even a simple prayer. Now, I know some think of this as something from the 1600s or as \u201ctoo stuffy\u201d; you know? But, for people like me, it\u2019s a way of centering my mind on the most important thing that matters\u2014God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis book, <em>Every Moment Holy, <\/em>I have used before going on stage, before reading a new book, or doing my laundry. God used this book to quiet my soul and refill my tank, because Douglas McKelvey is reminding us that every moment is sacred\/every moment is holy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had a chance to sit down and talk with Douglas McKelvey about the importance of liturgy in our daily moments.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous Interview]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> The church does have, you know, established and very well-thought-out and stated liturgies for many of those important things\u2014those things that we would look at. Those kind of things have been addressed in terms of people thinking Christianly about them, bringing Scripture to bear in framing those things, and giving us a roadmap to walk through them by looking at some of the more ordinary, mundane, pedestrian moments of our days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy hope was that, by exploring those in the book, it would help <em>me<\/em>\/it would reframe <em>my<\/em> vision. It would be a way of practicing an awareness of the presence of God and that it would potentially serve other people in the body of Christ in the same way, because we know\u2014in our head knowledge, if someone pushed us to say, \u201cIs this true or false?,\u201d\u2014I think most of us in the body of Christ would say, \u201cWell, yes, I know God is always with me; Scripture tells me that.\u201d But I think we move through so much of our day-to-day lives without being aware of that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I think it\u2019s interesting\u2014we all have work that we have to do, and we need His hand to guide us; but there are too many days where I just get up and I just start doing what I need to do\u2014I just go through my day. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t think about Him, but I don\u2019t sit there and think through asking Him to come in. That\u2019s really what I\u2019m hearing from you\u2014is that we need to be so mindful of who He is and that He is in, even these little moments, like the brewing of coffee.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> It\u2019s part of the process of sanctification, which is <em>not<\/em> a sudden change; right? It\u2019s a slow, daily process of being incrementally, gradually conformed more and more to the likeness of Christ. I think a helpful way to think of it is, you know, think of how a child\u2014like my youngest daughter, when she was three years old\u2014she would dress in these outlandish tutus and ballet outfits, and would, you know, kind of randomly flail around the room, pretending she was a dancer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI never thought to reprimand her, and to tell her: \u201cWhat are you doing? You\u2019re not a dancer,\u201d\u2014you know\u2014\u201cYou\u2019re just a little kid, flailing around.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> And the reason that, of course, I wouldn\u2019t say that to her is because, I think, we recognize that children playing\u2014at being a dancer, being a musician, being a mother or a father, or a fireman, or whatever it is\u2014that they are exercising, through their imagination, possibilities that can become realities; right? By 17, my daughter was an accomplished and graceful dancer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> The process of sanctification\u2014the process of becoming more engaged, moment to moment, in our relationship to God: more responsive to Him; more aware of how we want to become more like Christ\u2014that\u2019s a gradual thing. There is an element to it that, sometimes, is maybe like child\u2019s play\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> \u2014where it\u2019s like we look at the person of Jesus in Scripture and we see: \u201cJesus was like this,\u201d \u201cJesus did this. I\u2019m going to try to be more like that than the way I have been.\u201d We\u2019re not going to do it perfectly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> But, in the process of being mindful of it, we are becoming a little bit more like that. The possibility of being more like Jesus in that way becomes more real. Over time, as that process continues and plays out, we do become more mature as followers of Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Such insight from Douglas McKelvey. Isn\u2019t it exciting that God is maturing us? \u2014and as we spend more and more moments with Him, we are becoming more and more like Christ. It\u2019s in those everyday moments, like remembering Him in our evening hours. Here\u2019s a liturgy for nightfall.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Grant:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet our inability to ever perfectly love you, Oh God, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDrive us daily into the arms of Christ,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWherein the enormity of Your mercy, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the scandal of such grace lavished upon us would birth in us a new and Greater desire to do that which pleases You.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSomehow, use even our weaknesses for Your glory.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That was a \u201cLiturgy for Nightfall.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, as I\u2019ve read Douglas\u2019s book and listened to him talk, I was reminded of how God washes us with His Spirit when we mindfully sit in His presence and ask Him to enter each of our moments, like the planting of plants. It may seem simple; but remember the passage in Matthew, where Jesus says not to worry about our days but to consider the lilies of the field. You know, everything in our life points back to God\u2014He created it all! He maintains us all and, yet, He invites us in through the act of gardening.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Christy:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tO, Creator, Who calls forth life\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay this ground and our labors here invested\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYield good provision for the nourishing of both body and soul.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLord, let our labors in this garden be fruitful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLord, let our labors in this garden be blessed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWalk with us now, O Lord, in the stillness of this tilled and quiet space, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat when we venture again into the still greater garden of Your world, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe might be prepared by the long practice of Your presence\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo offer our lives as a true and nourishing provision\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo all who hunger for mercy, and hope, and meaning\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA true and nourishing provision to all who hunger for You.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous Interview]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> As I have been listening to you, today, talk, I\u2019m just reminded that we need to be mindful of who God is during those times and how He has given us those good things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI do have your book. I read through the liturgy for planting of plants\u2014of the planting of a garden. Now, as I go back, I look through my garden and I\u2019m like: \u201cGod has given me these plants for beauty, and it\u2019s for His beauty,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m creating a sanctuary; but really, it was Him that created the sanctuary,\u201d\u2014just always reframing things to think about Him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> I think it is\/I think it really is about reframing\u2014and not just reframing for the sake of coming up with an outlook or a vision that is a little more pragmatically useful or successful for us\u2014but it\u2019s really about looking at the totality of Scripture and the revelation of God\u2019s story of redemption: of where we began in the Garden; and then the Fall that threw everything into chaos, and toil, and sin, and strife, and suffering; but then, where it\u2019s heading\u2014to this redemption and restoration\u2014this thing that is <em>so good<\/em> that we dare not even let ourselves believe it, because it seems too good to be true; and yet it <em>is <\/em>true that all of the sad things are going to come untrue. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is no good thing in creation\/in our lives that will be forever lost. Those things will all be remade, restored, redeemed, and find their fulfillment and their true identity in the new heavens and the new earth. We have this magnificent story\u2014you know, it\u2019s like a fairytale of this King, who has promised to come back and set all things right; and initiate this reign of eternal peace, and joy, and human flourishing and fruitfulness; to restore, completely, the relationship of God, and man, and creation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s in that context that every moment of our lives is lived; right?\u2014whether that moment is changing a diaper; or planting a flower; or filling out your taxes; or you know, standing in church and joining in congregational worship. If we truly believe that all of life is lived under the gaze of God and He is sovereign\u2014and everything that happens to us, God redeems and turns into an invitation for us to draw closer to Him\u2014then, if this is what we believe is true\/if this is the <em>true<\/em> story of history, what is revealed in Scripture of God\u2019s plan\u2014and if this is where it\u2019s going, to this glorious end\u2014then it follows that every moment of our lives, no matter how mundane, finds its context within that storyline\/that greater story of redemption.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Zion:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGrant us strength and grace, Oh God, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSufficient to the remains of the day, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat we might move through its unfolding \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn humble obedience to Your will,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd in sensitivity to Your Spirit,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd in joyful expectancy for Your coming kingdom.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay the light of that eternal city illuminate our hearts, our oaths, our vision \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThrough these next hours, O LORD.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That\u2019s the \u201cLiturgy for Mid-day.\u201d We\u2019ve been talking with Douglas McKelvey about his book, <em>Every Moment Holy.<\/em> And you know, it\u2019s important to remember that every moment that we live is not wasted by our Creator. We need to keep our minds on Him at all times. That\u2019s hard, because we are forgetful people; we easily get distracted and we look away from Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re going to take a break; but when we come back, I want to continue talking about this using of liturgy and prayer over the mundane things to keep our minds centered on God. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Radio Station Spot Break]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Welcome back to <em>FamilyLife This Week<\/em>. I'm Michelle Hill. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHave you ever been fearful? You know, when you\u2019re fearful, someone\u2019s going to counsel you with these words from 1 Timothy 1:7: \u201cFor God gave us a spirit not of fear, but of power and love and self-control.\u201d But how do you get there? How do you take God\u2019s words and really implant them in your heart? One way may be a liturgy; here\u2019s one for fear of failure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tUnder the Spirit\u2019s tutelage, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSuch fears might become messengers of grace,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRevealing to you only what was true all along.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn yourself, you do not have the strength, or the wisdom, or the ability\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo accomplish the task to which you are called.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so you must come repeatedly\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo the end of trust in your own strength, Child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou must avail yourself, again and again, of His strength.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tUse then, O LORD, even my failures and my fears of failing\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo advance Your purposes in my heart, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd in Your kingdom, and in this world.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy confidence is only in You. Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous Interview]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Today, we are taking some time to reframe our minds and our thoughts and remembering that God is in the little things. We\u2019re taking some time to look at prayer and liturgy today. From my vantage point, I\u2019m watching young people being pushed and pushed to do great things rather than just, maybe, being. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m not looking out and saying, you know, how we\u2019re pressing in on them is necessarily wrong, but there\u2019s no lax for just having an ordinary life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> Yes; my wife and I have had a number of conversations over the years about that very thing, especially as our girls were teenagers; because there are people, who are very well-meaning, but who do give this message to kids that you have to be doing great things for God: \u201cYou need to go take your high school for Christ.\u201d That\u2019s an awful lot of pressure on a kid; right? When what God is calling us to, as His children, has a lot more to do with that learning of day-to-day faithfulness and obedience in the small things; in the tending of the relationships amongst our families\/our friends; you know, the other kids at school\/our communities.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd faithfulness in the Christian walk is about learning to love people, with a Christ-like love, in those contexts. You know, that same kid\u2014who\u2019s feeling this pressure: \u201cOkay, what does this even mean?\u2014to \u2018take my high school for Christ\u2019?\u201d\u2014is being told they need to be doing something <em>other<\/em>, and more spectacular, than what they\u2019re already doing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe real battle in their heart might be to be patient and loving with their little sister.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> That\u2019s true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> That might be where that epic, cosmic spiritual battle line is drawn in their life. They might not have the maturity, or the gifting as an evangelist, or whatever it might mean to \u201ctake their school for Christ,\u201d but God is clearly calling them to love their family and, you know, to be a faithful witness in the context of the relationships that He has entrusted them with.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s a good word for <em>all<\/em> of us because I know\u2014in <em>my<\/em> life and in many of my friends\u2019 lives, we feel like we have to push so hard and meet this certain standard\u2014when God is asking us to love Him and love others; above all, to love Him first and to have that relationship\/that tight relationship with Him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Douglas:<\/strong> Yes; yes. I mean, I\u2019m speaking from my own experience as well. I can look in Scripture and see that the call to love with a Christ-like love is clearly there\u2014it\u2019s front and center. It\u2019s going to take me my whole life just to kind of stumble partway down that path from where I am; so maybe, I need to let go of these other things that I think\u2014or that I\u2019ve thought for so long that: \u201cThis is what the Christian life needs to look like,\u201d\u2014and say: \u201cGod, those are in Your hands; and however You want to use me in my life, I\u2019m okay with. I\u2019m going to quit seeking all these things, because I suddenly see so clearly that I\u2019m not even at all like Jesus in the way that I treat people and the way that I make people feel.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s where I need to start; you know? That\u2019s what doing a great thing for God would look like in <em>my<\/em> life\u2014is just that I become a more compassionate, empathetic, caring, loving, merciful, kind, forgiving human being, who extends grace to the people around me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Megan:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGrant us clarity, creativity, and discernment;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPrepare our souls for the sorrows, and joys, and celebrations, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd disappointments we will encounter\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat every circumstance would serve only to draw us nearer to You.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Wow! Thanks to Douglas McKelvey for joining me today and sharing with us just how God is in those little moments\u2014and how we can welcome God in and serve Him with our life\u2014while we\u2019re doing those small things like brushing our teeth, or doing our laundry, or paying our bills; because actually, if you have money in your checking account to pay your bills, that\u2019s because God gave you a job!\u2014and He is providing for you! That\u2019s a <em>very good<\/em> thing. Today has been refreshing for me\u2014to remember how God cares for us. I hope today has been refreshing for you, too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA few weeks ago, Ron Deal and I started a conversation about loss and suffering and building a community to help each other through those hard times. There is <em>so much <\/em>to be said, so Ron and I are going to pick up where we left off and discuss the loss of a loved one. This is something that Ron can speak into; because he and his wife Nan lost their 12-year-old son, Connor. I hope you\u2019ll join us for that conversation. It will be a <em>meaningful<\/em> conversation, filled with help and even hope. That\u2019s on the next <em>FamilyLife This Week.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHey, thanks for listening today! I want to thank the president of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, David Robbins, along with our station partners around the country. A big \u201cThank you!\u201d to our engineer today, Keith Lynch. Thanks to our producer, Meredith Empie. Justin Adams is our mastering engineer, with the help of Meredith Empie, and Megan Martin is our production coordinator. The liturgies today were read by my friends: Megan, Shannon, Christy, Grant, Jim, and Zion.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur program is a production of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and our mission is to effectively develop godly families who change the world one home at a time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI'm Michelle Hill, inviting you to join us again next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife This Week.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2019 FamilyLife. 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