Ansible-One

At some point in their lives, everyone gets tired.  Not the I just ran a mile as fast as possible tired, but the my heart isn’t in it anymore tired.  I can understand that.  We are human.  We have emotions that can control our actions more often than we care to admit.

When it comes to service in the church though, when have you had too much?  I believe I have seen the extremes of church servitude.  A person has lead Sunday school for 40 years.  She only stops to let other younger people have a chance to build and develop the work she has done.  If called upon, and if her health held up, she was there without a second thought.

The other extream would be the couple that thought it would be good to teach a class.  They discover the kids that normally attend are only there some Sundays and the interest of the teacher begins to fade.  Finally after only a few months they quit teaching and never offer to help again.

You have the teachers that are seeking help so they can have a break after teaching every week for the last 5 years.  The church is small so their students are the same students…week, after week, after week.  The response to their calls for help are answered with, “Oh no thanks, we’ve already done all that years ago, it’s time someone else serve.”

I’m sure there is a stack of great books about how to get the church to serve in more than the one-off situations, but when your church family is pushing their average age to 80 what can you do?

I don’t know the answer.  Talk is easy, reading an inspiring book or hearing a speaker is easy.  But to actually commit to the service…

For those that are looking for help, keep faithful and God will give you strength to serve and change lives.