Have you
had your Joy Juice today? When you’ve
have your personal serving of joy in the Lord, it becomes much easier to share
it with others.
When you
give to people, do you do it freely…no strings attached, expecting nothing in
return? Or do you give with a
motive...thinking that one day you will need a favor or a gift. Often we give
from the goodness of our heart, but when our gift does not seem to be
appreciated, we are offended. We think, “Well, the least they could have said
was ‘Thank you!”. Right?
Susie
Larson writes, “We are free when we are able to give without expecting a thank-you,
and serve without getting the credit. We
won’t always have to be right, first, or noticed because those things won’t
define us. JESUS WILL!”
(Yikes!)
That gets my attention! How about you?
Are we more concerned with being appreciated for the things we do for
others or are we simply content to be the hands and feet of Jesus, knowing that
we are doing what He has directed us to do?
Be reminded
that Jesus washed the disciples’ feet. Imagine the dirt that came from those
men’s dusty feet, yet Jesus did not seem to mind the filth. What can be learned from His example? “(Jesus) showed us the secret to seeing others as He
sees them. We are taught from this
significant act how to really love the unlovely…even if that unlovely person is
the one staring back from us in the mirror.”
(Susie Larson)
Serve freely; love unconditionally; share the joy of Jesus and
become a reflection of the beauty of Christ.
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