Stewarding finances, home and personal care are within a Steward's purview - tasks, personal growth, maintenance and upkeep are physical things that can be put on a list or a calendar and given priority. The most difficult stewardship I face daily is relationships. At the end of every day there are people I have not called or met with, crisis and conflicts that surprise my schedule, difficult situations requiring time and energy and friends that I rarely get to see because of everything above. I am sure everyone faces these challenges, but at the Blessing House I have greater opportunity to be involved with others in a unique partnership with the Master.
When someone enters through my door and comes under my roof, it is because God wants to bless them and so I have the privilege of watching God work in beautiful ways. That is the stewardship responsibility of being in the Blessing House.
Outside the realm of the BH, staying current with friendships and knowing how and when to respond to the hardships many in the "BH family" are experiencing is where I stumble. In the Covey ordering of life into four categories (urgent and important, urgent but not important, important not urgent, not urgent not important) there must be decisions about where relationships fit. I am discovering again how much I must look to the Master for direction on when to say yes or no to a situation. Every "yes" has a cost to it because one must say "no" to something else. I have not been able to figure it all out because I truly have no idea of the whole story being written. Therefore, life as a Steward carries with it big gulping sighs of prayer for others, trust that God has many others to call on, and that He is constantly restoring, redeeming and reconciling our lives to one another.
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