Quotes About Stewardship

Lethargy is evident in churches when the people have no sense of ownership.

Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.

Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven.

This was the kind of work I understood. I knew where wood came from, that for every tree cut down, another was planted, that I could make a chair both functional and beautiful. I was adding to the world, not taking.

Depopulate and reforest ? first civilizing rule.

That to own things did not necessarily mean one belonged; that possession was no guarantee of control

For the kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

For the kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto One he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made them another five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two. But he that had received one went out and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

like a peasant tending to his property,

Ühel õhtul, kui tõime terrassilt sisse tühjad teetassid ja torditaldrikud, ütles Marta, et inimese kõige tähtsam ülesanne on päästa seda, mis on lagunemas, aga mitte uute asjade loomine.

God gave animals a lower rank, in the service of man.

A person either disciplines his finances or his finances disciplines him.

God is not against you owning things, but he is against the things owning you.

Those who master money are free to serve others still mastered by it.

Either we serve God and use money or we serve money and use God.

Of my gardener I would say that he moves meditatively in the garden. He labours continually but without cruel haste; if he make changes, it is as the seasons make them. Like every good gardener, there is something priestly in his manner.

If we obey God it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, and that is where the sting comes in

Never consider whether or not you are of use—but always consider that "you are not your own" (1 Corinthians 6:19). You are His.

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.

We are all dying, and because of us, so is the earth. That's the most terrible, the most painful in my entire repertoire of self-torturing thoughts. But it isn't dead yet and neither are we. Are we going to drop the earth off at the vet, say goodbye at the door, and leave her to die in the hands of strangers? We can decide, even now, not to turn our backs on her in her illness. We can still decide not to let her die alone.

self-care is never a selfish act-it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do so not only for ourselves but for the many others whose lives we touch.

By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish act-it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.

People began to live ON the earth rather than WITHIN it