{"id":1392,"date":"2023-06-06T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?page_id=1392"},"modified":"2023-06-13T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T10:10:36","slug":"valuable-why-your-worth-is-not-defined-by-how-useful-you-feel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?page_id=1392","title":{"rendered":"Valuable – why your worth is not defined by how useful you feel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My third book, Valuable: why your worth is not defined by how useful you feel<\/em> is now out! Here\u2019s the thing: so many of us feel like we\u2019re just not enough, or maybe that we should be more useful, for a whole host of reasons. Some of us are sad. Some of us are sick. Some of us are just so weary of the grind of life. And we look at those who seem to be successful – the useful people – and think we fail in comparison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes it feels like we\u2019re failing God, too, that we should be doing more for him, being used more by him. Valuable <\/em>is a reflection on these matters and speaks into the productivity lie spun by the world around us (and sometimes, sadly, the church too – how many times do we see the useful people honoured more than those who cannot \u2018do\u2019?) We consider the language of \u2018God using\u2019 and ask whether it\u2019s actually helpful, and think about whether we need to be \u2018whole\u2019 to be more useful to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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