{"id":593,"date":"2018-05-09T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/serving-up-jesus-in-little-ways\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:13:52","slug":"serving-up-jesus-in-little-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"Serving Up Jesus in Little Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.\u201d — Th\u00e9r\u00e8se de Lisieux<\/p>\n

In my post, yesterday, I introduced St Therese of Lisieux who served God in such beautiful, \u201clittle ways\u201d. I was amused when I saw this second photo of a St. Therese magnet that’s displayed on a refrigerator. It’s reminding that family of St. Therese’s “little ways” which includes being a baby sitter. I love that. It speaks to my heart, especially in the season I\u2019m in when I no longer give my life 24\/7 to a husband and children and not working a 9 to 5 job. In this \u201c3rd act of my play\u201d, I find myself doing many \u201clittle things\u201d in many \u201clittle ways\u201d to serve God. It\u2019s a sweet way to live one day at a time and serving in the process. One of my \u201clittle ways\u201d is this post and blog each day — just doing my part to spread some good news. Jesus showed us, through His actions, that serving others is important. When we truly understand what Jesus has done for us, we desperately want others to know Him and to find the same joy and hope we have. Telling people is not enough. We must show them. St. Francis of Assisi said, “Preach the Gospel at all times, and sometimes, use words.” In James 2:18, James wrote \u201cShow me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Our days are made up of opportunities to be \u201con call\u201d to be Christ\u2019s hands and feet. Jesus was the role model for serving up \u201clittle ways\u201d. He took a \u201clittle boy\u2019s\u201d little lunch and fed an enormous crowd. He healed the blind man with a little of His spit and mixed it with dirt and made a “little” mud plaster for his eyes. He told the \u201clittle children\u201d to come to Him. He directed the disciples to get a “little” coin out of a fish’s mouth to pay their taxes. Quite frankly, LITTLE is MUCH when God is in it. <\/p>\n

And that is where we step up to notice the opportunities we have for living in the “little ways mentality” of SERVING UP JESUS daily! No small deeds should ever be taken for granted: taking out the trash, cleaning up the dinner dishes, baby sitting, giving an encouraging word to a cashier, sending a little note of encouragement to a friend or family member, volunteering at church, cleaning out our closets and attics and taking the unneeded items to a charity or homeless shelter. Just taking a “little” time to LISTEN, without distractions, to those in our life. So many “little ways” that will pay off in such BIG dividends!<\/p>\n

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As I type this post today, I\u2019m thinking about someone that needs a phone call of encouragement. I\u2019m thinking about those excess clothes that need to taken to a charity. I’m thinking about my neighbor who will be caring for her sister after surgery and I need to cook up some compassion and take them some meals. <\/p>\n

More than the BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST accomplishments, I desire to be known as a “little ways\u201d friend, servant, and family member. I desire to be conscious of being Christ\u2019s hands and feet. After all, if I don\u2019t go, who will? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.\u201d — Th\u00e9r\u00e8se de Lisieux In my post, yesterday, I introduced St Therese of Lisieux who served God in such beautiful, \u201clittle ways\u201d. I was amused…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2917,2918,2919,2920,2921,2922,2923,2924,2925,2926,2927,2928],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1-peter-410-11","tag-christs-hands-and-feet","tag-james-218","tag-little-ways","tag-measuring-up","tag-on-call","tag-preach-the-gospel-at-all-times","tag-s","tag-serving-up","tag-sometimes-use-words","tag-st-francis-of-assissi","tag-st-therese-of-lisieux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8116,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/8116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}