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of God, the same should be true. Being tested by God reminds us that our function and task is to be about his business, that our purpose is to be an extension of his nature, an ambassador of his throne room, and a proclaimer of his message. We should exit the shop with no question as to why God made us. We know our purpose.

In a world of confused identity, in a world of wavering commitments and foggy futures, let us be firm in our role. Society is in dire need of a quorum of people whose task is clear and whose determination is unquenchable.

God has not hidden his will from his people. Our Master does not play games with us. We know who we are. We know what we are for. There may be a question now and then about how and with whom we should carry out his mission. But the underlying truth is still the same: We are God’s people, and we are to be about his business.

If we live our lives in this way, then we can, like my father, enter into our final years with the assurance of knowing that life was well spent and that heaven is but a wink away.

And is there any greater reward than this?

Do you know your purpose, what you were made for? Whose business are you about: your own, or God’s?

It’s possible for even a longtime believer to live without a sense of purpose. Have you asked God to use your life for his service?

How do you think about eternity? Do you have any fear of death or the afterlife? Do you look forward to eternity with God?

Table of Contents

Part One: The Pile of Broken Tools

1: The Pile of Broken Tools

2: I Am Very Weary

3: Now, Don’t Get Carried Away!

4: Sour Grapes

5: Billie Resigns

6: For the Love of a Stranger and the Lack of a Name

7: Mercy, Not Sacrifice

8: Who Is Righteous?

9: Hope for Leo?

10: Judas, the Man Who Never Knew

11: The Hope That Went Ignored

12: Eyes That Never See; Ears That Never Hear

13: New Wine Is for Fresh Skins

Part Two: On the Anvil

14: On the Anvil

15: Anvil Time

16: Footprints of Satan

17: Thump-Thud, Thump-Thud

18: Who Pushes Your Swing?

19: Juan—Lunch

20: Life from the Press Box

21: The Value of a Relationship

22: No More Curtain!

23: Have You Seen Jesus?

24: A Good Heart, But . . .

25: The Hiker

26: The Day My Plate Was Broken

27: Putting Your Beliefs Where Your Heart Is

28: Someday

29: “God, Don’t You Care?”

30: The Blunted Ax

31: Valentine’s Day, 1965

32: Open Manholes and Sudden Sin

33: Who’s in Charge Here?

Part Three: An Instrument for Noble Purposes

34: An Instrument for Noble Purposes

35: Today I Will Make a Difference

36: The Tested Tunnel

37: The Movement That Was Doomed to Fail

38: Communication Is More than Words

39: Nonnegotiable Love

40: Singlehood: Mistake or Mission?

41: The Poison Tongue

42: The Day of the Question. The Question!

43: Five Votes of Confidence

44: The Wedding Prayer

45: Sarah

46: The Sonar Fish Finder

47: Triumphant . . . Forever!

48: The Makings of a Movement

Conclusion: Emerging from the Anvil

49: Off the Anvil