A New Year to Serve Others

When the New Year arrives we often contemplate how we can be a better Christian or person.  What exactly are things we can do to become a better person?  I recently did a Children’s Message at Church on this very idea.  The children came up with ideas of helping people and being nice.  In John 13: 1-17 we read about Jesus washing the feet of his disciples after he had supper with them.  When Jesus came to Peter’s feet, Peter did not want Jesus to “stoop to that level”.

 

 

What we don’t realize is that during Jesus’ time, washing feet was a job that a servant would do.  Jesus was teaching His disciples as He teaches us that we need to humble ourselves and become a servant and serve others.  We do this by helping another person when they are sick, hungry, or in need of shelter. We do this by quietly holding the hand of a person whose loved one has just died or by sitting and listening to someone share what is on their heart.  That is being a servant.  

 

 

When was the last time we have done these things?  Perhaps it is something that we are afraid we aren’t equipped to do; however, there is always a talent that God has bestowed on us that will enable us to serve others.  So when we feel that we can’t be of help to someone else we need to stop and think about our talents and how we can use those to serve others.

Will you be a servant with me?

            Make me a servant, humble and meek

            Lord let me lift up those who are weak

            And may the prayer of my heart always be

            Make me a servant, make me a servant

            Make me a servant today

 

Have a Happy & Healthy New Year!

Elaine Campbell, MA, MHC