Sept. 7, 2011
Ephesians 4:29
"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good that for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers."
Don't speak of evil things, in general, or toward someone specifically. Only speak of things that will edify others and build up your relationships in Christ. Personally, I think of someone who grumbles and complains about everything. I regret to say that this was exactly how I was before I came to Potter's Field Ranch. I was avid about cleaning my home.I was one who did most of the work, and I wasn't upset about that, for it was the least I could do for my parents. However, I would become upset when my older brother would come home from work, leaving a trail behind him and not contribute to helping keep the house nice. I would grumble and complain, and even would I would ask him to do a simple task he would neglect it, and I would get angry, and do it for him, grumbling all the way. Since I have come to the ranch, I have learned about serving with a joyful heart. A huge verse that echoes time and time again in my head is "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as for working for the Lord, not for men." Whatever I do, I have learned that I am doing it for the love I have for my Father, for I don't deserve even the life I have. I am more blessed than a lot of people I know, and I'm sure when I go to Costa Rica I will be reminded of that all the more.
I need to keep in mind that my Father only wants to bless me, and He knows with what heart I do things. I want to only do things to lift others up in Christ, and bless them. I want to be able to serve without a grudging heart, and be able to bless others as I have been blessed so undeservingly.
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