David said, \u2018I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a084:10\u00a0NLT) <\/p>\n
Joni Eareckson Tada writes: \u2018Elsie runs a Christian home for young girls who\u2019ve left lives of prostitution and drug dealing on the streets of Hollywood. She walks the streets, shares the Gospel, and leads these girls to Christ. If these new converts truly desire to change their lives and commit to new responsibilities, they\u2019ve a place in Elsie\u2019s home. Pam is one such convert\u2026 A Christian with a sweet spirit, she bears scars from knife fights and heroin needles. Her arms are marred with tattoos. I sensed her joy and deep appreciation when she explained her role\u2026 \u201cI scrub the toilets and bathrooms\u2026 That\u2019s my job and I love it!\u201d This young woman was so grateful to have structure in her life, safety in her surroundings, and an honest-to-goodness job of service in Christ\u2019s Kingdom\u2026 that a day of ministry in Elsie\u2019s home was far better than a thousand days lived in the sordid pursuit of self-destructive pleasures\u2026 Her humble spirit towards her job\u2026 her delight in cleaning toilets sprang from a keen awareness of her role in the body of Christ. Few believers have a background like Pam\u2019s, but every day each of us rolls our sleeves up to accomplish menial, basic tasks\u2014changing oil [in the car], changing ink cartridges in printers, or changing diapers.\u2019 <\/p>\n
So, how\u2019s your<\/i> attitude towards menial work? When you \u2018serve the Lord with gladness\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a0100:2\u00a0KJV), you find joy in everyday tasks because you remember who you\u2019re working for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
David said, \u2018I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.\u2019 (Psalm\u00a084:10\u00a0NLT) Joni Eareckson Tada writes: \u2018Elsie runs a Christian home for young girls who\u2019ve left lives of prostitution and drug dealing on the streets of Hollywood. She walks the streets, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}