Mother Teresa reminded us that “service begins in the home.” Imagine your home filled with love, compassion and forgiveness. Then:
“The God of my understanding has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission – I have a part in His great work; I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught.”
–Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Service to “others,” through neighbor and as neighbor, is in a sense the classic use of the term service. It is what most of us mean when we talk about service; sometimes in the biblical context (“love your neighbor as yourself” and “what you do to the least of these you do unto me”) and in the secular context (“do unto others as you would have done to you”).
The key to this challenge is that first step: Take action. Watch out for the kind of thinking that separates us from meaning and joy. “I don’t have time.” “If only ….” “Nothing I do is worthy.” That thinking, and those responses, are off the table for good. Now be open to the amazing places where your journey will lead you.
The key to this challenge is that first step: Take action. Watch out for the kind of thinking that separates us from meaning and joy. “I don’t have time.” “If only ….” “Nothing I do is worthy.” That thinking, and those responses, are off the table for good. Now be open to the amazing places where your journey will lead you.
In the service driven life, we find ourselves living with meaning, with power and passion, with great joy, and with the God of our understanding. That is what it means to embrace the service driven life. And that is what it means to be fully alive. Let us begin!
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