Do It With All Your Heart

Hello All! :)

It's been a while since I've updated, but I have felt the Lord tugging at me to get back to my blogging. It's been a while, I know, and I pray that I have not lost some of my faithful followers, and that the words that the Lord gives me to write have been a blessing and an encouragement to those who have taken the time to read them.


As I was sitting here typing out this blog this morning, the Lord brought this verse to mind.

Colossians 3:23, 24 (NIV) "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."

This is a great reminder for me. I need to remember that I am here to serve Christ. To please Christ. And Him alone. I am a people person (although I am finding as I get older, that I do enjoy my alone time!) I love people. I love loving on people. And I struggle when people don't receive that love or don't allow me to show my love toward them. It just comes natural to me. It's a gift from the Lord, and I believe that He chose that to be one of my strengths, just as He chose to give me the name Charity (love). Now, don't get me wrong. I am human, and I fail at loving people just as much as the next person, but it is a gift that burns in my heart to do. I love to love on people. I love to encourage people. But, it's also a weakness for me. Why, you ask? Because I care too much what people think of me. Because I love people, I want them to like me. I want them to think that I am the most amazing person, the sweetest person, (fill in the blank here with all the great things you think of me ... lol). And because I care about people, it hurts when people question my motives as to why I love on them. Or nitpick my decisions, questioning whether I am truly hearing from God, whether I did this thing right, or spoke this thing wrong, etc, etc, etc. And the Lord was reminding me this morning that in whatever I do, I am to work at it with all my heart because I am working for the Lord. The Lord is who I am serving, and I am to do it to please Him, not to please people! So even if people are not pleased with my actions, or think that I should have done it differently, it's okay, because I am serving Christ when I am serving them. I am serving the Lord. And even if they are not receptive to the love that God placed in my heart for them, it's okay, because God is. When I love on people, and serve people, I am serving the Lord, and He is pleased.

The Lord also reminded me that this is in whatever I do. So that means that throughout my day, whatever I put my hand to, whether it is cooking a meal for me and Hannah, cleaning the house, folding laundry, parenting Hannah, I am to do it with all my heart. So many times, it is so easy to become weary in the every day routine, wondering if anything that I do is making a difference. It is, because everything that I put my hand to is a way for me to serve Christ with all my heart. So, I will do my best to remember that the next time that I am washing the dishes, scrubbing the floors, listening to a friend who needs me, or cleaning Hannah's "boogers" off the wall. I will remind myself to be joyful and thankful because I am being given an opportunity to serve Christ with all my heart. God bless you all, each and every one! Praising God for each of you! Until next time ...