so a couple sundays ago the pastor at our humongous church was talking about giving and serving. obviously encouraging the congergation to give and serve at the church (flatirons). they were in desperate need of child care helpers...understandably, there are 2,000 kids at flatirons! The pastor, Jim Burgen flat out said - IF you feel that your CANT serve here - you dont feel comfortable serving here - you dont belive in what flatirons is doing. FINE. by all means GO. in fact - we could use your seat. but please, find somewhere else to serve. find something you believe in. to give to. just dont be one of those people who keeps it all to themselves.
ouch.
he was not sugar-coating anything. he was not trying to make us feel good about ourselves. in fact, it felt like he was yelling. at me. it was a wake up call, which i basically need every morning - to stop living selfishly with my time and money. i am single with no kids. believe me, i know how to live my life selfishly - ive been doing it my whole life.
its about finding things i love. things im passionate about. things im kind of good at (or want to be good at).
and making a difference.
plus its not completely selfless...it makes you feel a little bit good :)
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