Father God, help me to render service to others as to you…

Luke 17:7-10

 
There are two kinds of people in this world – those who are blessed and those who choose not to receive the blessings of God.  And there are two kinds of servants in this world – those who are happy and those choosing not to be happy. A servant is one who anticipates the needs of the one he/ she is serving, jumps up to fulfill them, and does not expect or demand reward in return for rendering service.  Service is a given – no matter how fatiguing, how tedious, how messy, how disgusting, or how strenuous the task at hand.  And the reward for service faithfully rendered?  The only sure reward for approaching life with a servant heart is the peace of being aligned with the Word of God, the Living Word, that is Jesus, who gave his life for us mere mortals as his fellow human beings.  That is, as servants of one another, we are aligning ourselves with Christ Jesus who served up salvation, no matter how fatiguing, how tedious, how messy, how disgusting or how strenuous it was to carry out his redeeming work in his Passion and death on a cross.  As a servant will I, like Christ Jesus, know beyond the shadow of any doubt that God has planned for our Resurrection both in this life and the next?   Holy Spirit of God, help me render service to others as to You..    
 
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart… Our  steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way.  (Psalm 37: 4,23 )
 
We become saints not by violently overcoming our own weakness, but by letting the Lord give us the strength and purity of God’s Spirit in exchange for our weakness and misery. 
Thomas Merton
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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