Today is Monday, March 27th, 2006; Karen's Korner #766
Yesterday we were watching a show on the History Channel about American soldiers serving in World War II in the Aleutian Islands near Alaska. The job of the soldiers was fighting to keep the Japanese from getting a foothold on the North American continent.
There weren't numerous numbers of the troops stationed there. Conditions were less than the best. The interviewer talked with one of the aging WW II vets. One of the vets' comments to the interviewer, "We didn't think we were doing anything special, but I guess it was!"
May that be your thought today, as you do your "not so special task!" As you wipe a child's runny nose for the tenth time. As you attempt to teach the class of students; some who would just as soon be some place else. As you drive delivering your products to some end user. As you take the time to invest in some needy person in your neighborhood. Or one of any number of tasks. "It might not seem like anything special, but maybe it is !"
"God, help us to see every task as special, when it is done as Mother Theresa used to say, 'with great love!'. Help us to see what we do, in light of how you view it. Help us to do some things that we would just as soon not do. Thank you for giving us a sense of purpose, care, and compassion........better than we would do and have in our own thinking and strength. In the name of Your Son Jesus who saw each one of us as somebody pretty special. Amen."
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