I started feeling this way at home over the weekend. For different reasons, of course.
I was taking down all of the decorations. I built some more shelves. I found out the water was leaking under the kitchen sink and was causing a bacteria riot under there. It snowed! So I shoveled the walkway. I did laundry on my days off. Swept.
Hey, I thought! When does everybody else do something!?
How come I'm always give-give-give and everybody else is satisfied with take-take-take!?
I cooked, slamming pots and pans around, did dishes. I cleaned out the fridge because I was afraid something in there was going to fossilize before too much longer. Give-give-give.
The bible tells me that I'm to be a servant. I shouldn't complain, I should give all I can, and I should do it with a smile on my face. But where do I draw the line? I was exhausted!
So I sat down to read, and what I read was that I should never grow tired of doing good.
All these things that I was doing, I knew, were good. They made the house look better, they took a load off everybody else when they got home from work. They enjoy my cooking. These things are good.
I prayed for strength, and kept repeating to myself - never get tired of doing good.
That's what I thought of when I read your story, my friend.
God bless you and I hope you have a wonderful new year!
