tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063006801924443038.post4608509091393990269..comments2023-10-04T11:35:35.610-05:00Comments on Anywhere Life Takes Me: Serving Like JesusHannah E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13481333651764521839noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063006801924443038.post-29989704494383690712009-03-12T10:30:00.000-05:002009-03-12T10:30:00.000-05:00Great post Hannah! I began feeling these same con...Great post Hannah! I began feeling these same convictions a couple years ago. I have never been a natural at serving either, but God is so faithful when He puts something on your heart to open the doors to be able to do what He is moving us to do.<BR/><BR/>I was being convicted by these verses in Luke 14:<BR/><BR/>12Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."<BR/><BR/>So, I have been given many opportunities in the past few years to do this and it has been such a blessing. <BR/><BR/>What has been hard is finding the time to do both. It seems that in our change of lifestyle, I am seeking to serve those in need more than my closest friends. I try to rationalize that at times because it seems our closest friends have others who are serving them and each other and that they don't need me as badly as others who have no friends to serve them at all. Not a good rationalization, but that has been where I am at.<BR/><BR/>I know that I cannot possibly serve EVERYONE, so choices have to be made at times. <BR/><BR/>I like this quote from Craig Groeschel from LifeChurchTV<BR/><BR/>"To reach people that no one is reaching, we have to do things that no one is doing. But to do things that no one is doing, we have to stop doing what everyone else is doing." <BR/><BR/>This has had a lot of meaning to me over the past year or so. I cannot continue to keep up with what I used to do with my friends and fellow believers- - -there is simply NOT enough time, but I am comforted in knowing that it is ok because God has a different calling on our lives.<BR/><BR/>I love how you are truly seeking and open to whatever it is God places on your heart, even when it is out of your comfort zone! I don't think God truly wants us comfortable.<BR/><BR/>What is your email address if I wanted to send you something personally??Marcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136659990809327140noreply@blogger.com