Servolution

The leaders had us find a way to serve two people from the church. One of them was Patty Jennings. I learned today how awesome she is. She is so cute!! The way she says things especially when she's excited is just so adorable. I hope that I can stay in contact with her long after Dibor is over. The great thing about being told to go and bless people is how blessed you get just by watching how the blessing affects the person and the relationship that develops from it. That's what I love about it. The way they talk to me after blessing them. The way they show their affection and desire to talk to me. I get to see a special part of their heart that would take a long time by other means of developing a relationship with them. I want to bless more people to have more connections this way. I think heaven will be a lot like this. You don't know the person very well but then you experience something with them and their hearts open up to you. I have so many friends at New Life that are adults, basically because of helping them. They open their hearts to me and we are genuinely happy to see each other and care about each other.

For example, the other day at church Tigger came running up to me all excited because her husband was coming back from overseas a few days earlier than she expected. You should see this woman. She talks about her husband like they just got off their honeymoon. They have 3 kids and she talks about him like they got married 2 weeks ago. She is so in love with him. And I would not have been the person she ran to, or been able to see that excitement and rejoice with her if I had not helped her move into her home. I would not have the same relationship with her if I hadn't gone to her house to watch the Superbowl. I developed this relationship with her and just by seeing her excitement when she talks to me is all I could ask for. It's so precious to me.

When you serve people and bless them you find a special place in their hearts and it is a wonderful place to be. This is kingdom culture. This is heaven on earth and it beautiful. I hope to have these kinds of relationships all over the world.

I never thought that doing practical things like this would open hearts so much. I always thought it was being a listening ear or helping them solve their problems, like emotional/relationship problems. But to my surprise people really value these kinds of things and don't take them lightly. They aren't suspicious about your motives or thinking you are faking about caring about them. It's astonishing.