Meredith, the main character, realizes that she must take on a lot more responsibility when she was told that her mother, whom used to be a legendary surgeon now suffering with the Alzheimer's disease, needs to sign over all of her assets to her(Meredith). Meredith responds, "Me? Look, I haven't slept in 48 hours. I'm having my first shot at heart surgery this morning. I'm missing rounds. Are you sure there isn't anybody here or the attorney? I mean, do I really have to be the one to handle this?" and the nursing home lady said, "I'm talking about her state, her finances, her medical care. Do you really want to leave her life in someone else's hand? She's your mother!" Right at this moment, I thought about our role in God's Kingdom. God's Kingdom is already here but, not completely yet. It gives us blueprints for our lives and requires us to be good stewards. It seems like we are being Meri\ediths towards God's Kingdom and our responsibility for it. As we grow and mature in faith, we realize that there is more to be responsible for the Kingdom, and it is not always easy to be so. Therefore, we sometimes deny and avoid the responsibilities and that limits our faith to grow and mature more. After Meredith goes through her mistakes at her job, she learns that she needs to overcome fear to grow more and become more responsible. The episode ends by Meredith taking one more step forward to the responsible-adulthood by signing the papers. Just like that, I think God is requiring us to overcome the hardships that limits our faith to grow and take one more step forward to become better, mature and more responsible stewards of His Kingdom.
-What is God requiring us to overcome?
-In what ways are you trying to grow or take one more step forward?
Good analysis, Luke.
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