As I was thinking about being an unnatural servant, and searching for inspiration to help me, I came across a quote, for those of us who choose "one word" to guide us for the year:
I realize that it is a journey of learning, not a task to accomplish.
I believe this is true. That I will learn much over the course of this year, about serving and about how God has called me to serve. And that this learning is more important than checking it off my list every day.
BUT. I also believe that, especially at the start of this year, I am going to have to be intentional about serving if it is ever going to become a lifestyle. In these first days/weeks/months, I might have to put "serve" on my daily task list if it is actually going to happen. And that's okay.
Through this realization I also decided that it is important that I don't beat myself up when I fail to serve. Especially at the beginning when I don't even know what this word looks like yet in daily practice. (Could it be that I am actually better at serving than I think? I just don't know it yet?)
Instead, I can encourage myself with the idea that, in the months ahead serving will become more natural to me. And even if it doesn't, I will at least learn something from my one word this year.
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