He approached, opened the door and mumbled something about the dog. I said with a big smile and in my sweetest voice, "Here's your coffee!" He said "Thanks", took it, and walked past me.
I was SOOOO BUMMED! My act of service to show him love seemed sorely unappreciated. Thankfully, I had time to go to my room, get out my journal, and talk to Jesus.
I asked the Lord to please give me HIS perspective. There were two things I felt Him say:
1. Get RID of my expectations. Had I not planned out exactly how I wanted Joe to respond, I wouldn't have been so disappointed (BTW, he DID very much appreciate it...it was just first thing in the morning! Responses are a bit slow at that time).
2. GOD showed us the ULTIMATE act of service when he SENT HIS SON TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS! And yet, every single day, there are people who do not receive this life changing love. When this hit me, my heart was BROKEN for Him, and baffled at us humans! How in the world can we MISS IT? God so desperately loves us, that He made a WAY for us to come back into relationship with Him, even though we were once separated from His holiness by our sin. Because sin demands death, God sent his Son to die that death, so that when we believe in Him, we can have eternal and abundant LIFE.
This is an act of Love that I never want to take for-granted; and act of Love that I never want to casually walk by and miss.