HOW TO REBUILD A BROKEN LIFE (1 OF 3)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Malachi 1:1-5
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How to Rebuild a Broken Life (1 of 3)
Series: Living a Life above Average
Scott Maze
Malachi 1:1-5
Rebuilding is an expensive venture. Whether it is lives, towns or countries, rebuilding consumes a lot of resources. The debate about whether to rebuild the city of New Orleans is currently circulating throughout our many newspapers and media outlets in the United States. Many question the thinking or rebuilding a city that is some seven feet below sea level. While others have argued for rebuilding as they have pointed out that the national economy is predicated upon the seaport of New Orleans. Besides receiving around 10 billion in tourist dollars alone, the ''Big Easy'' is what makes it possible for farmers in Iowa to sell corn to customers in China. All sorts of products find their way down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico through the port of New Orleans. New Orleans gets steel to Midwestern automakers and coffee to wholesalers all over the country. Despite vast swathes of the city still swamped by Hurricane Katrina's toxic sludge, plans are afoot to use billions of dollars in federal aid to construct a new city with an old heart. Who can imagine the cost of rebuilding New Orleans much less reestablishing the entire Gulf Coast?
Yet it is not just cites that stand in need of rebuilding. I imagine that each one of us has reached a point at which we wanted to turn around, start over, and begin the journey back home. Perhaps you were kicked out of school or out of your home; perhaps you were fired from the best job you ever had; perhaps you found yourself waking up in a hospital after some disastrous drug experience; perhaps you were arrested for theft when the money ran out; or perhaps that pivotal event in your life was as simple, yet life-changing, as an unexpected pregnancy. Yet, rebuilding's cost lies not just in terms of finances. The currency of rebuilding lives is not measured in terms of the Gross National Product but in lives itself. Th ...
Series: Living a Life above Average
Scott Maze
Malachi 1:1-5
Rebuilding is an expensive venture. Whether it is lives, towns or countries, rebuilding consumes a lot of resources. The debate about whether to rebuild the city of New Orleans is currently circulating throughout our many newspapers and media outlets in the United States. Many question the thinking or rebuilding a city that is some seven feet below sea level. While others have argued for rebuilding as they have pointed out that the national economy is predicated upon the seaport of New Orleans. Besides receiving around 10 billion in tourist dollars alone, the ''Big Easy'' is what makes it possible for farmers in Iowa to sell corn to customers in China. All sorts of products find their way down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico through the port of New Orleans. New Orleans gets steel to Midwestern automakers and coffee to wholesalers all over the country. Despite vast swathes of the city still swamped by Hurricane Katrina's toxic sludge, plans are afoot to use billions of dollars in federal aid to construct a new city with an old heart. Who can imagine the cost of rebuilding New Orleans much less reestablishing the entire Gulf Coast?
Yet it is not just cites that stand in need of rebuilding. I imagine that each one of us has reached a point at which we wanted to turn around, start over, and begin the journey back home. Perhaps you were kicked out of school or out of your home; perhaps you were fired from the best job you ever had; perhaps you found yourself waking up in a hospital after some disastrous drug experience; perhaps you were arrested for theft when the money ran out; or perhaps that pivotal event in your life was as simple, yet life-changing, as an unexpected pregnancy. Yet, rebuilding's cost lies not just in terms of finances. The currency of rebuilding lives is not measured in terms of the Gross National Product but in lives itself. Th ...
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