Good morning. Today we are going to look at verse 10 of chapter 6 of the book of Hebrews. For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the Saints. It's so easy to feel like God does not appreciate what we do for Him and for other believers. It's easy to think "what's the use?": no one sees and no one cares. This is especially true for those whose language of love is serving others. Serving others is one of the five languages of love in the book by Gary Chapman. How we show our love is how we feel love from others. If your child or other person's language is not giving gifts, then they won't appreciate as much when you give them lots of gifts. It may be your language, but it's not theirs. Oops! I forgot about Martha. Serving others may have been her language of love. So she was expressing her love for Jesus by serving Him. She was angry because Mary was not showing her love by serving Jesus. However, because she was so angry, it may be that serving others was not her language of love. It can be really hard to serve others when it's not your language. Mine is words of affirmation. That's why I so freely give them to everyone. That's the way I feel and express love. In the first month that we knew each other, you probably said thank you and other kind words more than Connie did in 15 years of marriage. I got a lot of the other kind of words which made it doubly worse for me. What is really great is that God's language is all five. Whichever one is yours, He feels your love. He also gives back to you the same kind of love that you need. Back to Hebrews: God is not going to forget whatever you have done for Him and the love that you shown toward others. He loves you and appreciates everything that you've done for Him, even though it might not look like it. Don't grow weary of doing good things for others. Remember, you are an excellent person beloved by God!

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