Day Thirty-Four // April 4 // Growing Faithfulness “I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.” – Dr. Seuss –
If we are going to grow faithfulness, we need to be focused on what we are trying to accomplish. We need clarity of call and a single-minded definition of success. We can’t just drift through life with a casual sense of discipleship. Rather, we must be committed, sold-out followers of Jesus Christ! Luciano Pavarotti tells the story of his childhood. When he was a boy, his father, a baker, introduced him to the wonders of song. He urged him to work hard to develop his voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in his hometown of Modena, Italy, took him as a pupil. Pavarotti also enrolled in a teacher’s college. On graduating, he asked his father, “Shall I be a teacher or a singer?” “Luciano,” his father replied, “if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose one chair.” Later in life, Pavarotti wrote: “I chose one. It took seven years of study and frustration before I made my first professional appearance. It took another seven to reach the Metropolitan Opera. And now I think
