It's Tuesday. And you are psyched for the day. Your crew is bonding and you are having an awesome time. One of the hard things to remember about this trip is its not about you!. It is about serving others, residents of Queens, your fellow crew members, your fellow Crossroads peoples. What can you do to help you remember this trip is not about you? Are there any verses that come to mind? Anything that we have already discussed?
The weird thing about this trip is that the more you can remember it's not about you, the more you actually get out of the trip.
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You just have to get into that serving state of mind. It just involves reaching your goal and blocking out that selfish voice in your head that tells you to serve yourself. As i write this open up your eyes by jeremy camp is playing and he just said, well actually the whole song is about opening up our eyes to what we can do to help, and realizing Gods plan for us to help and love others. So this might be my reminder since i love singing these songs in my head. But the quote was to throw yourself aside. its not about us and God never intended it to be. people are social creatures and we should focus on the group rather than ourselves, thats the only way we can all survive and live in happiness if we think about others before ourselves.
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ReplyDeletei opened this and take my life by jeremy camp started spooooky
but as that song says
Take my life, Take my mind
take my soul take my will
I am yours now, and I give it all to You
we gota give everything we have and give it to God
only the can we be close to him
so im looken at this trip in two ways
to help the people of queens
but more importantly to serve God
and i think if we can use that as our center point
we can keep our head heart hands and feet on the path of God
im reminded of Matthew 25:35
where jesus says For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in."
so if we can keep hold on to the truth of if we help our brothers here on earth we're also helping God i think we can all keep striaght in our heads that its not about us, not even really about them, it's more about HIM.
i'm also reminded of dan newtons rap song entitled its not about you
i forget how it went exactly but i bet it would fit this
The best way to try and not think of myself is to always remind myself that this week is not about serving myself and my needs, but serving God and the people of Queens. Too often we forget that we should be serving God and others far more than ourselves, and to be selfless instead of selfish. This mission trip should be a time when our goal is to do what we should be doing all the time. We should also try to be selfless as much as possible in our daily lives, not just during mission trips. When situations pop up during this trip where I have a choice between serving others or myself, I should always choose to be selfless.
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