I am so thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend. Maybe because I have changed or there was no need to compete or take things personally or maybe I am feeling more compassion or maybe learning to see beyond actions and reactions that sometimes come up which are misunderstood or taken personally or maybe my vision and desire is to also be a servant wherever I am. There is no doubt, Yolie, my sister-in-law has a servant's heart and it is beautiful. Thank you Yolie for leading the way.
We talked and of course ate! We prayed, we cried and expressed ourselves, shared from our hearts, we are committed to love each other and be there for each other. And in the intimacy I felt all of my family in my heart even miles away, no one was absent. It was beautiful, I hated to see the weekend end.
From http://www.bible.org/
"But what exactly is servanthood? Servanthood is the state, condition, or quality of one who lives as a servant. Further, a servant is first of all one who is under submission to another. For Christians, this means submission to God first, and then submission to one another. Then, as one in submission, a servant is one who seeks to meet the real needs of others or of the person he is serving. To put it another way, servanthood is the condition or state of being a servant to others, of ministry to others rather than the service of self. It means willingly giving of oneself to minister for and to others and to do whatever it takes to accomplish what is best for another."
Matthew 20:25 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave-- 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
“Divine Servant”® by Max Greiner, Jr.
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Bronze sculpture illustrating The servant heart of
Jesus Christ seen on the campus of Dallas Theological Seminary
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/519174428_d5e68e0e17_m.jpg
Video & Song
'Amazing Grace' Leann Rimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM5kYUoMmuA
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