I just spent an entire week on a mission trip with my church. We were serving in Cincinnati, through "Awaken the City" which is sponsored by Hyde Park United Methodist church.
I don't really know exactly what I'm doing here. But what I do know is, I feel like I'm supposed to be doing this. I'm supposed to tell the world that today God challenged me to find a way to serve Him every day and write about it. If there's one thing that I learned this week, it's that I should listen when God calls, even if I don't quite understand or feel a little silly or confused.
So, as Samuel said in a story we read in the Bible this week, "Here I am."
Today I'm starting in a way that feels both small and huge. I'm starting this blog and accepting the challenge. I know that some days, it's really going to be hard to look for a way to serve. I'll be tired and grumpy and not want to challenge myself in any way. Some days (let's face it, maybe many days) I'll be sick. Some days I'll be caught up in something else. But I don't care. I'm going to try anyway. If I truly want to use my life for the things that God is asking me to do, I have to be brave and bold and ignore the voice in my head that always comes up with 72 zillion reasons why something might not work (man is that voice obnoxious!).
So I'm listening to God and starting this blog today. I also served Him in a tiny way. My roommate left me a note asking me to water her plants while she was on vacation. Rather than put it off to do later (I had just walked in the door from my trip and I had a bunch of luggage to take upstairs), I took the time to do it right away. A little thing, to be sure, but I hold no grand illusions that every day I'll be feeding the hungry or helping the blind. Some days, I'll just be watering the plants and doing the little things that need to be done.
And that's ok with me.
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