Many times I have wondered, "why do I like to serve?". If I hear of someone that needs my help with cleaning, I rush and help them. I love cleaning but is it because I love cleaning that I do it? No. It is because I love to serve others. Through service I feel closer to Christ. He served and sacrificed so much that the least I can do is to give a little of my time to others to help and make a difference. I am humbled because I have opportunities to serve, through service I can understand other people better instead of judging them. Through service I have learned to not be as prideful. I consider myself very prideful, I feel that I don't need help and that I can do everything myself, but thanks to the opportunity that other people have given me to serve them, I have learned how much help I need. I can't do it all, I do need help, and when I get help I feel so much love that I cry of happiness, even if it is a simple small gesture makes me feel "they are thinking of me" and it feels good. Every time I get such gestures, I can't help but think how much I would love to do that to others. I don't have many talents and it might seem very convenient to me to clean but I feel that by perfecting in one talent, I can move on to acquire new ones. If someone asks me to sew them 10 dresses, if I say "yes", that won't be a service. Actually it will be more work for whoever asked that service from me because I can't sew, I don't enjoy it much, but I want to learn. I have understood that, in order for anyone to serve, we have to truthful of our abilities and we can't put off our family matters either. We can, however, offer ways to serve. Taking the example of the dresses above, instead of saying yes to sewing we can probably say "I don't know how to sew but I will be glad to deliver them for you" or "I can't sew but I can keep the place clean while whoever is doing is working, that way it will be less work for that person". There are always ways to serve, and if we truly want to help, we will find the ways to do it. Christ never looked who he was serving, he just did without judgement. Christ sacrificed himself for all of us!!! I have so many weaknesses that I feel that service will help me over come those weaknesses and help me be a better person. I feel love towards those I serve and I feel loved when I am helped. Maybe I can't sew, I can't cook everything in a recipe book, but I can sure clean, organize, babysit, bring treats, drive, and be a friend. Hopefully one day I can name more qualities but for now, I work with what I have and I am happy for it, I do want to learn new things so that I can be of more help to my family and others but for now, I have no excuse to not help others. I love this gospel and I know is true, I have learned so much thanks to having the gospel in my life. I love my Savior and my greatest wish is that I can be like Him and live with my family for the eternities.
