A Heart to Serve!
As long as I could remember, I literally served others. I don’t say that like I’ve sacrificed something to do it. I say it because that is who I am! A sweet memory about my parents comes to mind as I think about serving others. My parents and our neighbors, who were great friends, would get together on the weekends when I was just a little girl. I think I was around nine years old. They would play a card game called Canasta. They played way up into the night, and I would stay up until I could barely keep my eyes open, but in order for me to stay awake I would volunteer to serve them water, soda, and coffee. I never done it grudgingly, for it truly was my pleasure and it brought me joy. Both my parents are with Jesus now, so I love to think about memories and times when I truly served my parents as they sacrificed so much for my five sisters and me.
People who know me intimately will sometimes tease me by calling me a mother hen. It probably is a good name, because it is how God made me to be. I nurture and I feel that I am anointed to do it. It seems I’ve always mothered, but what was ironic was that when it came time for me to actually want to become a mother, my husband and I couldn’t have children right away. As a matter of fact it took us a really long time. We actually were married twenty years before we conceived and had our first child and then four years later our second son was born. Let me just say this as a smile comes to my face, if you weren’t a servant before you had children, you quickly become one.
What brought up the idea of this blog post was the fact that Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. This is a time when I try to go all out! When I prepare our Thanksgiving meal, I labor to put my heart into making a feast fit for a King! I usually have a house full of family and friends. I honestly love it! With Thanksgiving coming up, I wanted to reflect upon gratitude and how fortunate that I am that I have the opportunity to serve my family and friends, yes and even strangers with a servant’s heart! As I write this, my thoughts go to a couple of wonderful friends that I love who sadly will no longer sit at my table for Thanksgiving meals. I thank God that before they went to be with Jesus, that I gave them something that I was honored to be able to give to them. I am not trying to be boastful or have false humility about what I do. The point I am trying to make is that Jesus said that the servant who seems to be the lowest sometimes on the list by the world’s standards, is the greatest in the Kingdom of God! If I serve people with gladness, then I have pleased my Father in Heaven, and so I am overjoyed!
I send blessings to all who have taken the time read this. I hope that you have a wonderful season of Thanksgiving!
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