Why is it and who are we supposed to serve? I just read a friends blog and it made me think about service and issues that I have with the whole idea of it. Service is a good thing, I honestly believe that part of the reason we are come to earth is to serve and do for others. It is a good thing, as Martin Luther said, good men do good works. Service is a good work. It brings us closer to Heavenly Father and makes us less self-centered and less self involved. We become better people by providing services to others and we can grow immensely from it.
When does it become a problem? Now this is an issue I am having in my own life, and maybe I am totally off base or just being stupid but this is how I feel. It becomes a problem when you are forced to serve. Service should be voluntarily and come from the heart. Where is the love going to be if I just called some person, that I don't even know, because some lady came to my house and told me it was my responsibility and I needed to make it my priority to visit people that she assigned to me. People are not assignments and how can I properly serve somebody when I am made to feel like they are just assignments. Just as I am an assignment to some other person. "I don't really care about you, but I have to ask because I need to get my assignment done." Yes, but it needs to be my priority and I can just put my husband, my job, and my school aside. Ben is more important to me than any of those things, but those other things are part of my life and they take precedence over any person who is assigned to me. Maybe it is a bad attitude, but if I am going to serve and truly help somebody it is going to be from my heart and because I really want to.
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