Service

"When we choose to be a servant, we give up the right to be in charge." 

In order to be a servant we must be filled with humility and love. Love for God and love of people. 

I guess what I'm trying to say, and figure out, is that all of these disciplines and characteristics are so intricately woven together. They become the same thing. It's hard to distinguish where to start. It's like we learn all of them slowly at the same time because otherwise it's unbalanced. Like Pearl commented on my post a week or so ago, we're not learning the disciplines for the sake of learning the disciplines. We're learning how to do life with a person. Why wouldn't I want to throw my whole being into an adventure like that?

But really, about being a servant. I enjoyed thinking about the differences between serving and servanthood. I love how everything we ever do comes back to the heart. If you're giving a lot for the sake of giving, how much does the giving even mean? If the giving is a sacrifice, something or someone you're willing to suffer for the sake of then the giving is infinitely more valuable. Because we lose ourselves. We must be lost in Love. Practically speaking we don't automatically understand this. (Or ever). Like Abraham we are figuring out who this God is an why He loves us through the way He chooses to reveal Himself. I am not all that impressive and should stop showing off, if/where I am. If I care about 'me' then I'm not caring about 'them' and I probably am not thinking a whole lot about what 'He' is really wanting me to.