“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wow...great words, eh? I especially like the 'soul generated by love' part.
Let's face it...service isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
Sometimes...
....it's hard work
....you have to deal with people not like you
....it takes up your time
.....it takes up your money
.....it makes you sad
.....makes you miss work
......takes you away from family
The list could go on and on. Only a soul generated by love would desire to put oneself in such conditions. Why else would we commit to such heinous things???
Because we have a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love...that's why! And when we experience this grace and this love it's just second nature to share it. Then we find our selves
Desiring to...
.....work hard
.....find beauty in the diversity of people around us
.....find value in giving our time productively, wisely and for a good cause
....experience the joy of giving back monetarily some of what has been given
to us
.....sharing someone's burden in hopes of lightening their load
.....taking time from the daily routine to be salt and light to someone
else
....setting an example for our family of grace and love at work
Like Mr. King said - it doesn't take a college degree to serve. Just a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.
Thanks Mr. King for this reminder that...
Greatness = Service!
No comments:
Post a Comment