Because we plan to leave, Keswick had a staff chapel just for us in which people could make positive comments about us. We were definitely on the “‘hot seat.” Thank goodness people were kind and they actually had something to say. My friend Sue told me later that while she made no comment during the meeting, she saw a comment written in her Bible that reminded her of me. The statement said, “Serve Him by loving others.” I asked my friend Phyllis if she could make a plaque with the statement painted on it. The beautiful plaque is now hanging over my kitchen sink and has caused me to ponder the statement:

Do I love others? Do I serve Him? Or How do I love others and How do I serve Him?

Is it serving Him when I choose to sit by the well-clad person and not the dowdy one? Is it serving Him when I choose to visit those with whom I am most comfortable or those that I know really like me?
 
“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so” (Proverbs 3:27 NJKV).

I must ask myself, “What would Jesus do?” Well, I know He would be there if a person had a need, regardless of how they looked. And I know He would show love to them.

How about you? Do you serve Him by loving others?

Marilyn Willett Heavilin

Marilyn Is a wife and mother; author & International conference speaker, author of Roses In December, December’s Song, Becoming A Woman of Honor, Profound Common Sense, When Your Dreams Die, Grief Is A Family Affair, I’m Listening, Lord