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E E K F I V E |
Pearl of Wisdom:
Many congregations find that they
have to recruit people for acts of service.
No telling how much time is wasted trying to
figure out who the best person might be for the job.
No telling how much more we could accomplish if
we weren’t just sitting around, waiting to be asked.
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| If you’re like many folks, you’ve heard your
mother say, “I’ve asked you a
thousand times.” Maybe she was talking about picking
up your laundry
off the floor, not drinking out of the milk carton, or
not leaving your bike
parked in the driveway. Regardless, at some point, you
stopped hearing her.
How would things have been different if just once you
did what she
wanted you to without her having to ask? Chances are,
you both would have
been much happier. She could have saved her breath, and
you wouldn’t have
rolled your eyes.
This week’s readings in Treasures
of the Transformed Life were about
service. The pastor’s message will be about the
same thing. So this morning,
ask yourself a question: Is there any place God has nudged
me to serve that I
haven’t yet tried?
If so, what are you waiting for? Someone else to ask
you? Do yourself a
favor: volunteer. The person on the receiving end will
most likely be every bit
as happy as your mother would have been the day she saw
the bike in the
garage rather than on the driveway.
Coming up next week: Sign on the dotted line.
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