What does it mean to be servant-hearted? It means that in everything you do, you want to serve others. And in our current culture of gimme gimme gimme, these are rare souls who sacrifice their time, energy and sometimes health to impact the lives of others! Christ lived that way….he came to serve not be served! He fed, he washed feet, he healed he taught, He died! The ultimate sacrifice! There are few people in this world who serve just to help. People serve for accolades…to hear people say “wow look what you did”. Or just because “no one else will do it” but in the mean time grumble and complain that they have to do it!
I am so thankful for One of the biggest testimonies to living a servant hearted life like Christ. This is my husband!
His ministry to families in our church. Our own family benefits greatly from blessing of his self sacrificing love. Not only does he care for us but countless others. EVEN PERFECT STRANGERS! He volunteers to help many in very tangible ways though sometimes he is turned down. The coolest thing though is he loves to do it. Not obligated or grudgingly! He does it because showing God’s love to others is so important. He could stand in the pulpit and preach on showing love but if he doesn’t act on it, it’s empty and worthless.
I love seeing him cut wood for people, crawl under their houses to fix a leak, cut down trees, build ramps, cut down pews that are too long for a new church, get a needed appliance, help people move, volunteer our vehicles and the list goes on and on. And on occasion when he has worked all day for church, he has stayed up all night to help get the house on track when I have had the flu or when I tore the ligaments in my foot. Changing a young lady’s car oil and not picking on her since it had been a REALLY long time since it had been done. Pretty much helping with any physical labor job that is /was needed! And so on! The most incredible thing though is watching our kids catch that same self sacrificing love!.
Now these aren’t normal “pastor” type jobs, but what opportunities he has had to be Christ to other people. That’s what this Walk is all about, putting our words into action. For the last 13 years I have watched him dedicate himself to people. I have learned so much from him…..and you know what he caught this from his parents, and his parents caught it from theirs!. It’s not about money, it’s not about what we are “entitled” to. It’s not about our time. It’s not about our stuff! It all belongs to God. That is a major lesson I have learned from my hubby, a lesson so grateful for! A lesson I intend to live out to the best of my ability as long as I live on this earth!
Thank you love for not just paying lip service! Thank you for not bragging or showing off the things you do for so many people and thank you for not getting angry with me or anyone else for that matter when we can’t see the whole picture!
Blessings
