August 4, 2019
Service
I look for opportunities to serve.
I
make a point of developing my spiritual life—I read and study, I pray
and meditate, I am part of a spiritual community. But spiritual
understanding doesn’t count for much unless I put it into action. So I
look for ways to serve.
Any act of kindness is a form of service. It might be volunteering to help the poor, but it also could be mowing a neighbor’s lawn, letting someone ahead in the grocery line, or carpooling with children. Service ranges from full-time caregiving to something as simple as listening. Anything I do to make life a little easier for another is service, and I see opportunities to serve as soon as I look for them. Service is a spiritual practice.
Any act of kindness is a form of service. It might be volunteering to help the poor, but it also could be mowing a neighbor’s lawn, letting someone ahead in the grocery line, or carpooling with children. Service ranges from full-time caregiving to something as simple as listening. Anything I do to make life a little easier for another is service, and I see opportunities to serve as soon as I look for them. Service is a spiritual practice.
Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.—1 Peter 4:10
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