Post by peaches on May 2, 2007 10:32:13 GMT -5
"Put on the apron of humility, to serve one another." I Peter 5:5 TEV
Servanthood requires no unique skill or seminary degree. Regardless
of your strengths, training, or church tenure, you can…love the
overlooked.
Jesus sits in your classroom, wearing the thick glasses, outdated
clothing, and a sad face. You've seen him. He's Jesus
Jesus works in your office. Pregnant again, she shows up to work
late a tired. No one knows the father. According to water-cooler
rumors, even she doesn't know the father. You've seen her. She's
Jesus.
When you talk to the lonely student, befriend the weary mom, you
love Jesus. He dressed in the garb of the overlooked and
ignored. "Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked
or ignored, that was me—you did it to me" (Matt. 25:40 MSG).
Servanthood requires no unique skill or seminary degree. Regardless
of your strengths, training, or church tenure, you can…love the
overlooked.
Jesus sits in your classroom, wearing the thick glasses, outdated
clothing, and a sad face. You've seen him. He's Jesus
Jesus works in your office. Pregnant again, she shows up to work
late a tired. No one knows the father. According to water-cooler
rumors, even she doesn't know the father. You've seen her. She's
Jesus.
When you talk to the lonely student, befriend the weary mom, you
love Jesus. He dressed in the garb of the overlooked and
ignored. "Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked
or ignored, that was me—you did it to me" (Matt. 25:40 MSG).