From Ben – 10 July 2016
Airline pilot Alan Cockrell said it wasn’t a noble ideal that caused him to roll up his sleeves and help a ground crew clean the interior of his 737 one night in Nashville. He needed a ride home and one of the crew offered to take him. The sooner they finished, the sooner he’d get home.
As the pilot helped clean the overhead bins, wipe down the tray tables, and fold the seatbelts, he gained a new appreciation for the people whose role in the airline was much different from his.
There’s a lesson here for us as Christians. The Bible describes our relationship to other believers as interdependent members of one body.
In our church a lot of people get on with a huge amount of work behind the scenes. You would be amazed to discover the many hours given by the army of volunteers that cause our church to run so smoothly.
I encourage you to go out of your way to look for people who serve and thank them. It may be in the children’s department, or youth, or serving tea or playing and singing in the band, finances, repairs, cleaning or doing something else around the church. What about sending an email of thanks to someone in recognition of their faithful service.