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True service is rarely glamorous. It is usually found in the messy, inconvenient margins of life. It’s pausing to listen to a lonely neighbor when you are running late. It is carrying a burden for a friend who has nothing to offer in return. It is seeing the invisible people the world rushes past. When we kneel to serve the broken, the weary, and the forgotten, a holy mystery occurs: the face of the person we are serving slowly fades, and we find ourselves looking directly into the eyes of Jesus.
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
— Matthew 25:40 (NIV)
Lord, forgive me for seeking the spotlight when You have called me to the towel. Give me eyes to see the needs around me, and hands willing to do the quiet work of love. Amen.