Totally worth it!

First, I must say HOT and SWEATY but totally worth it. At the Florida Baptist Children’s Home today, my team and I worked to organize and clean the most grotesque shed I have ever seen. Encountering grease, roaches, mosquitoes, and sharp objects, we willingly worked as a team to beautify this shed for Carlos, the man in charge at the home. I had learned the night before from our amazing speaker that “what you do for the least of these you are doing for me” (me being God). Remembering this, I decided that I should do no other than to give this rigorous job my all; because, of course, I want to give everything I can to the One who loves me most. So, even when it is hard to spend your time working in the hot sun for someone you don’t know and may never encounter again, God says “What you do for the least of these you are doing for me.” I really appreciated God for showing that to me today. I now know that in everything I do, it doesn’t matter who I’m doing it for, why I’m doing it, when, where, or how I’m doing something; it is all to glorify the One who gave his perfect son for me, and loves me at all costs.

Secondly, God showed me how ungrateful I am. Truthfully, I do not know a normal human being who goes through sweat and tough jobs without complaining about it. Today, when Ms. Rebecca and I were working our fingers to the bone, I started to complain like crazy. When I started to hear myself saying what I was– I wanted to just slap me. Knowing the death that Jesus went through to save me was the worst thing in the entire world to endure. I felt so ungrateful for complaining about some sweat and grease. Oh my goodness, just thinking about what Jesus did for me and then complaining about anything made me feel sick to my stomach. He deserves my everything without complaint.

After a wonderful day of awesome hard work, I thanked Carlos for allowing us to come help out around the home; but most of all I thanked God for giving me the opportunity to serve an amazing, loving God like him!

Win Woodson

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