Today I read Mosiah 2. The most famous verse from this chapter is verse 17 which states that when you are in service to your fellow being, you are only in the service of your God. This got me thinking on the nature of service and what it means to all of us.
Everyone is familiar with the type of service that Jesus performed. The kind of service where you give of your time, energy and talents to the betterment of someone else. We are afforded the opportunity to give this type of service quite often at church each week, usually some kind of service project involving a clean up action after a natural disaster or helping someone move.
However, we do ourselves a disservice if that is all we consider service to be. Service truly is anything that we do for someone else to better that person's life or situation. For example, if you are married or live with someone at all, you can perform a service by doing the dishes, cleaning up after yourself, making dinner, etc. These are all acts of service and will most often be met with great joy by the beneficiary. Sometimes as time goes by, maybe not so much as habits are formed and acts of service begin to be viewed as chores or things the person should be doing anyway.
If we can all get into the habit of viewing those everyday acts as service it will make our own lives that much more pleasant, even if the other person does not appreciate them or view them as service. Because we know from Mosiah 2 that all service is recognized by our God in heaven. We should strive to be doing those things with a happy heart and to make the best of our current situation by finding opportunities to serve each and every day. Until tomorrow.
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