I made it back down to Florida and just finished up my first week back at Disney (in Frontierland if you couldn't guess)!
This post isn't going to be about Disney though. Okay... maybe it will be indirectly. So, I have this amazing friend, Jess. She has this fiance, Jimmy. They're great. Probably two of the most generous, most hospitable people I know. Here's a picture.
Back to the point. They have willingly opened their house to me this past week, a week over Christmas break, and Thanksgiving break. AND they're letting me move in after project for five weeks AND they have offered me a possible place to live if I move down to the good old sunshine state after I graduate. They have been such blessings in my life and I don't think they know it.
They have been so selfless and through their selflessness, I have realized my selfishness. In a lot of things. In my relationships, in my work ethic, in my thoughts, in my money, in my entire life. Conviction. God calls us to be selfless as these two have been. He calls us to give to others who are in need and to serve everyone around us (see Mark 10:44-45, Philippians 2:1-11, 1 Peter 4:10-11, Acts 20:35, etc.). Basically- serving others is a very prominent theme in the Bible.
I realized today at work (while I was doing it I might add) how selfish I had become. I was working drinks and someone got themselves a cup of gatorade while I was working on an order. On the outside I was calm... quiet, but calm. On the inside, I was getting really angry. Not to mention thinking all of these horrible things about this person being so selfish and not caring about anyone except for themselves. And then it was like I was responding to myself in my own head and simply said, "Oh really now? Who's the selfish one?" Immediate guilt, but no change in my attitude.
I feel like God is slapping me on the hand. Showing me how a servant is supposed to be. I'm not the perfect roommate. And the only time that Jess and I ever get to see each other is when I'm down here asking her to let me sleep at her house.
God is teaching me how to be a servant by allowing me to be served. Talk about grace.
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