Grateful to Serve [4/13/12]

Hallo everybody!

I am extremely excited for my blog today because something very out of the ordinary happened to me. I was able to experience something that had never happened to me before, but I'm warning you all now, it's probably more exciting to me than it will be to you. I'm hyping it up a lot right now because I'm so excited to share with you all, but it will be like the way I hyped up the Hunger Games and then had people disappointed from the high expectations I gave them, so don't be expecting too much!

Before I share my story with you, I wanted to share a verse. John 13:12-14 says, "After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, "Do you understand what I was doing? You call me "teacher" and "Lord," and you are right, because that's what I am. And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet."

This verse was brought to my attention a couple of weeks ago, and it got me thinking about serving others, and how I have been doing with serving others. I realized that I do not serve others as much as I could, so I have been putting more and more of an effort into serving others. It can be difficult to constantly serve others - especially if they are not doing the same for us. I often find myself struggling with serving others because I get lazy, I begin to feel like it's unfair if they are not serving me, or I just stop caring. Once I read this verse, my attitude changed. I find myself wanting to serve others as much as I can because the Lord set an example for us! He stooped down to the lowest level, and He served. It would be silly for me to say I want to be more like Him yet maintain my selfish attitude.

The reason why I decided to write about serving others is because I was given an incredible opportunity to serve a complete stranger today, and I feel so good about it!

Last night, I wasn't able to fall asleep until 4, and then I woke up with not enough sleep for me to be completely functional. This caused me to be slightly grumpy and extremely tired throughout the day, and while I was out, all I wanted to do was go back to my room so I could sleep. Around 6:30, I was finally making my way home, and right as I was about to reach my building, I noticed a middle-aged woman splayed across a fence. I noticed her from a distance, and I saw a few people walk past her without doing anything other than give her a look.

To be completely honest, I was about to walk right past her too. I feel guilty that the thought even entered my head, but it did, and I couldn't do anything about it. Luckily, I was able to push the thought away, and as I approached her, I could tell she was not in the right state of mind. So I asked her if she was okay. She looked up at me from the ground and said, "Of course I'm okay!" Then she proceeded to look around and asked me, "Why am I on the ground?"

When she asked me this question, I realized something must have happened. At first, I thought she was drunk, but I quickly realized that she wasn't drunk, but in pain. I wasn't sure what to do. I asked her what happened, and as she recounted what she could remember, I realized that she had fainted! She hadn't tripped over anything, but she had actually passed out in the middle of the sidewalk! To be completely honest, I started freaking out on the inside at this point. I didn't know what to do, and thankfully, another girl walked by. She saw what was happening and started freaking out as well. Once we calmed down, we concluded to call campus security.

While we waited for campus security, she kept repeatedly thanking us for helping her. As she was thanking us, I was wondering to myself "why is she thanking me? I'm not even doing anything." It was only afterwards that I realized what I must have done for her. In pain, she had fallen to the ground. She was alone, and several other people had walked by without offering any help. I had pushed aside my feelings of exhaustion, and I had stayed with her until she was able to get medical help. Although it didn't feel like much, I realized that I had been able to serve her! I was given an amazing opportunity to serve a complete stranger who was in need, and it brightened my day to know I had been able to serve her.

I'm not sure why, but I saw this opportunity to serve a stranger so incredible! I want to serve more and more people. It has motivated me to serve people in whatever way I can. I'm grateful that God put me in the right place in the right time. He gave me the chance to serve a stranger, and I hope He gives me the opportunity to help many more people in the future! It's great that we are able to serve others. I hope you all seek ways to serve each other :)

Thanks for reading my extremely long blog today! Here's the song I listened to while writing this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4x6Ha4yQRg

- kjoosaurus out!