tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504254911796451168.post-73462021570990055162008-06-16T10:32:00.000-07:002008-08-06T07:46:59.288-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"If my reason ever shifts towards the cause of humanity, I will be broken. But if motivation is drawn from my love of God, nothing will hinder me from serving." -Unknown<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span>I found that quote in a magazine. I photocopied the page. It had a really cool photo with it, but I ended up just cutting it and kept the quote part.<br /><br />It's really got me thinking lately. Sometimes I think, when it comes to serving, I'm not focused enough on the people. I'm too selfish. Whether it's getting a sub call for Heartwood in a class that I despise working in because the kids are actually scary...or if it's getting a phone call asking me to fill in for someone for RivBuddies. Sometimes I really have to think about it and contemplate it because I have my own selfish desires. Not other plans (though that is sometimes the case), but just other wants. For example, I just want to stay at home and watch a movie with my husband (that would be on a day where he doesn't work, either). Or I just plain "don't feel like it."<br /><br />It's at those moments when I'm not focused on the people...the need. But this quote suggests a focus on GOD and my love for Him. Because when we serve others, we're really serving Him, right?<br /><br />And I think when my "reason is drawn from my love of God", the rest will follow.<br /></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div></div>Mikenna Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630643905600401854noreply@blogger.com