created to create

When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.

When we give ourselves to create a better future, when we choose to become instruments of change, when we refuse to accept the status quo and commit to make the world a better place, something resonates within us.

It satisfies something deep within you.  It’s as if your soul has been craving and you didn’t know for what.  And there it was.  Your soul was starving for hope–not just to have it, but to give it.

When we embrace our unique place in creation, when we believe that God created us to create, it begins to change everything for us.  It not only empowers us to live, but it holds us responsible for life.  Not only our lives, but the lives of everyone we could affect for good.
No one is defined by the status of birth.  Our destiny is not limited to our pedigree.  Every human being is of equal value to God.  No one must remain a prisoner of fate.

-Erwin McManus, Soul Cravings