"Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save." - Thomas S. Monson
How can we be His hands? Are we praying for opportunities to run Christ’s errands?
“Unsung Hero” video clip http://youtu.be/uaWA2GbcnJU
- God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability!
D&C 81:5 "Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees."
Other scriptures to study:
- Matthew 25:34-40
- Mosiah 4:15-19
- Mosiah 2:17
- D&C 81:5
- Colossians 3:23-24
- Galatians 5:13
"We must never ignore or pass by the prompting of the spirit to render service to one another." -M. Russell Ballard
Ponder: If we master this skill of acting upon promptings of the spirit to serve someone, think of how much the Lord would trust us to run even more of His errands.
The Savior has taught us to follow His example and serve others:
How can we best serve Christ?
It is only when we love God and Christ with all of our hearts, souls, and minds that we are able to share this love with our neighbors," says Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. And we demonstrate that love "through acts of kindness and service - the way that the Savior would love and servve all of us if He were among us today."
"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children'ts sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
-Majorie Pay Hinckley
Where Shall I Work Today? (Poem President Monson quoted in April 2004)
"Father, where shall I work today?"
And my love flowed warm and free.
Then he pointed out a tiny spot
And said, "Tend that for me."
I answered quickly, "Oh no, not that!
Why, no one would ever see,
No matter how well my work was done.
Not that little place for me."
And the word he spoke, it was not stern;...
"Art thou working for them or for me?
Nazareth was a little place,
And so was Galilee."
Invitation: Take time today to be sensitive to the spirit and notice people around you. Look for someone who may be by themself or looking a bit down. Approach them with a smile and give them your time and ask how they are doing. Ask more things about their life and do your best to be of service to them.
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