Above and Beyond

Every Sunday our church sends a team of people to a local park with a hot meal to share with those who are hungry. Although I am part of that team, I am often tired and grumpy about serving food in the park on a Sunday afternoon. I would rather go home and have a nap or enjoy a walk on the beach by myself. 

But when I hear a hungry mother say thank you for a plate of food or when I share a friendly conversation with a stranger over the meal, I forget about how much I wanted that nap or walk and remember that Jesus asks me to carry the message of God’s love to others even when I am tired or unmotivated. Being a servant of God means keeping this message alive. We are called to persevere in sharing with others the good news of Jesus. We are created to serve God. Since I call Jesus my Lord, I want to carry out this mission. I want to go above and beyond.

Prayer: Dear Lord, fill us with zeal and joy to carry out your mission  by serving others. We pray as Jesus taught us saying, ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ Amen