I was at an event recently with a lot of people from church. And people were asked to move their plates to the kitchen. Few people did, and those that did just put them anywhere, not even scraping them, and the people in the kitchen were anxiously stacking the plates and atempting to wash them and do a million other things. Everyone was standing around, chatting. And I was cross.
We're the church of Christ, I thought. We're supposed to have a servant heart. And here we are, ignoring people who could use some help so that we can socialise.
And then I realise, I am the church of Christ. I'm supposed to have a servant heart. And here I am, ignoring people who could use some help so that I can socialise.
So I helped. I scraped plates from the other side of the kitchen, and stacked them neatly. Sure, it wasn't a big thing, it didn't change the world or anything, but it was something nice that I was able to do for others.
How often we are all like that! We blame "the church" in general, forgetting that we ARE the church. If we are complaining about something (whatever it is) then we need to roll up our sleeves and do something about it. What we do may or may not be much, but we are called to be obedient, not sucessful, and we will not truly know the results of all that we do this side of eternity.
So get to work. (Myself included!)
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