Thanksgiving

Yep.... A picture is worth a thousand words.  It doesn't take words on this day to describe what I should be thankful for. Family.  

A servant attitude

I'm trying to be intentional with this blog - trying to see clearly those things that make me happy, contented and whole. 

We do a Logos mid-week ministry at our church.  Jan and I are the "Dinner Deans" meaning we guide the dinner process, celebrating birthdays, leading grace, games and all things associated with family time. I get a certain amount of enjoyment out of it and honestly I think I'm one of the few people at the church who can carry off the silliness and be okay with making a fool of myself. After dinner, everyone leaves and I do the job that I just realized gives me the most pleasure. The first time I got stuck with this job I complained, but this week it finally dawned on me that I enjoy doing it. We have big round tables that need to be broken down and moved upstairs.  I fold up the legs and roll them the length of the church, stuff them into the elevator, take them to the second floor  and roll them back the length of the church to where they're needed for the rest of the week. 

I had an "aha" moment this week when I realized that I was enjoying doing my job....a job that no one else was going to do and was being done quietly with no audience. It's the job of a servant. I was happily rolling big tables down the hallway and could have whistled while I worked. I wasn't doing this in front of a crowd, no one was telling me what a great job I was doing.....I was just doing a job and enjoying it. Maybe that's the correct attitude to have all the time....be a servant...don't worry about being told you doing a great job. Just do the things that need done and take satisfaction in the completion...something to shoot for.