Service Is Its Own Reward Born over sixty years ago in Yugoslavia, she responded to Gods call on her life while still a teenager. A missionarys strong challenge to give her life to teaching in India resulted in her appointment to the city of Calcutta. Some months later she saw a sight which completely revolutionized her life, and would ultimately bring her worldwide fame as Good Housekeeping magazines Most-Admired-Woman selection. What was the sight? A homeless, dying woman lying in the gutter, being eaten by rats. Compassion compelled her to beg an abandoned Hindu temple from the government and convert it into a crude make-shift hospital for the dying. A comment of hers became her lifes thrust: If there is a God in heaven, and a Christ we love, nobody should die alone. This woman who established colonies for over 10,000 lepers in 28 cities was interviewed by Malcolm Muggeridge from the BBC News. Mother Teresa, the thing I noticed about you and the hundreds of sisters who now form your team, team, is that you all look so happy. Is that a put-on? She replied, Oh no, not at all. Nothing makes you happier than when you really reach out in mercy to someone who is badly hurt. Service is its own reward. True mercy begets genuine joy. Robert Schuller, The Be-Happy Attitudes, pages 135-137.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:18:03 +0000
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