Return to the Middle

A Pencil

We all have them. They're cheap. If we break one, it's no big deal. If we break two . . . it's still no big deal.

Raymond didn't have one.

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A Globe

Every classroom has one. We touched them in grade school. We spun them really fast when the teacher wasn't watching.

Ms. Maribel didn't have one.

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A Pair of Shoes

We get our first pair before we can even walk. Most of us have three or four pairs. Some of us have fifty or more.

Kathleen didn't have one.

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A Mission

Most of us don't have one. We don't have a clue what God would have us do. We don't even know where to start.

Scott found one.

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Scott didn't set out to find a mission. He was just trying to do something "good". He had struggled for years, trying to the right thing, trying to find God's will -- be he was unsuccessful. He was on the edge of giving up -- really on the edge. He tried one more time -- he looked for God to open a door, and when God did, Scott walked through it.

Return to the Middle is Scott's story -- it's a story about struggle and about success. Most importantly, it's about looking for the doors God opens and then finding the courage to step through them, regardless of what is waiting on the other side.