SERVE.

Hey quest, it's Emma. I just wanted to share with yall something that the Lord did in my life the other day, which I thought was pretty cool. :)

So the other morning, I woke up with this indescribable urge to serve - my family in particular - so the first thing I did that morning was pray to God that He would give me the opportunity to serve that day, in whatever way it might be. Since my mom just so happened to be out of town, I felt like it would be helpful to my dad and sisters if I cleaned the house.. do dishes, laundry, sweep, just whatever needed to be done. I really can't explain why I felt like I needed to do this, and actually had the desire to do this, but I did.. I just really felt like God was calling me to help out more than usual that day. When I walked into the other room and saw that our housekeeper (who rarely ever comes) had just arrived, I'm not gonna lie, I was a little discouraged because, well, everything I was planning on doing to help out my family that day was what she was also going to do. I started to brainstorm what else I could do that wouldn't interfere with her working, but I concluded that I would just leave her to her business and then promise to serve some other time. It was in that moment that the Lord really convicted me, because next thing I knew, our housekeeper got a phone call from her daughter saying she was sick and needed her to come home. So sure enough, my housekeeper left after only about 10-15 minutes of being here, leaving me with many, many chores to do... Which, strangely enough, was just what I had prayed for! God answered my prayer and gave me the desire and the opportunity to serve that day.. I was able to do everything I had planned on doing and more, and I was happy to do it because I was confident that that really was what the Lord wanted me to do that day. I just encourage all of you to never doubt God's ability and willingness to answer your prayers. He answers in awesome ways! And never let an opportunity to be of service to those around you pass you by.

Love you guys!!

Emma

Philippians 2:1-4
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.