Interestingly, becoming the best I can be, becoming like Christ, is more about others than it is about me. I can't become my best by focusing just on myself. Despite what we often hear in the media, it isn’t all about me. It’s about who I become as I love and serve others. Christ is our example of how this works. He fulfilled his mission on earth by serving others – and it often wasn’t easy.
Christ taught, “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.” Luke 9: 24
“I believe the Savior is telling us that unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives. Those who live only for themselves eventually shrivel up and … lose their lives, while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and flourish—and in effect save their lives.” Thomas S.Monson
Lola B. Walters told of a friend who had this to say as she was caring for her "invalid husband. 'Don’t think of your task as a burden; think of it as an opportunity to learn what love really is.'”
From Thomas S. Monson – we are “surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness—be they family members, friends, acquaintances, or strangers. ...We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us.”
Cheryl Esplin – “True Christlike service is selfless and focuses on others. … some of you … may feel stretched to capacity ministering to the needs of family members. Remember, in those routine and often mundane tasks, you are “in the service of your God.” (Mosiah 2: 17)
My sister recently reminded me of words of wisdom from Dad – “Dad used to tell me that those small daily tasks are the foundations that help others.... and to do them quietly with a grateful heart.”
"And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."
Lola Walter's talk Sunshine in My Soul
Thomas Monson - What Have I Done for Someone Today?
Cheryl Esplin He Asks Us to Be His Hands
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