Ok, so let’s go back a bit. Sunday, September 18 our Pastor Mark Driscoll was preaching on True Greatness. You know the place in Luke where Jesus says true greatness is being a servant. Great sermon but I wasn’t expecting what the Spirit said through Pastor Mark.
That evening, before the service started, one of my friends at church said, “Can I do something to help? Can I bring you a meal?” I said, “Oh, no, not now. We’re doing ok. Let me get back to you.” I put her off very nicely didn’t I? I went into church and sat down.
A little bit into the teaching Pastor Mark began making some practical applications from the passage in Luke. One of the questions he asked was:
“…do you humbly allow others to serve you? Now, some of you are this way. You say, ‘I like to serve; I don’t like to be served.’ And so you’re hard to serve. People say, ‘Oh, let me do that for you.’ ‘No, no, no, no, I got it.’ ”
Slammed by the Holy Spirit. This is me. Let me serve you but don’t serve me. Do you know what happened after the service? I saw that same friend in the isle and I said to her, bring me a meal.
The very next day another friend said, “I can’t cook but I’m really good at organizing people to bring meals.” Unbelievable. I told her organize away. She got us posted on a website and my friends have been signing up to bring us food. We are overwhelmed by generosity. We are honored. We are grateful.
Thanks to all of you who are serving us in so many varied and wonderful ways. We are so grateful.
If you don’t live nearby and want to send us food, there’s always the fruit-of-the-month club. :-) Just kidding.
Grace to you
On the Greisen Side of Life 
can you post a link to the website – or email it to me :). I’d love to bring you a meal!! Love you Aunt Jane – I’m praying for you daily!
I struggle letting others serve me too… I am learning to ask for help with Jackie… but just this week my neighbor is helping me paint and it is really hard
to just receive and not want to pay back….But with Jesus help I’m learning… thanks for the post and again so appreciate walking this journey with you and
learning.. love you friend…
Jane you do not hear from us as often as I would like (which is all the time) but you are in our constant thoughts and prayers. We and the Lord are thinking of you all the time.