We could scrub the floor for a tired friend, or dress a wound for a patient in a hospital, or lay the table and wash up for the family; but we shall not do it in martyr spirit or with that worse spirit of self-congratulation, of feeling that we are making ourselves more perfect, more unselfish, more positively kind. We shall do it just for one thing, that our hands make Christ's hands in our life, that our service may let Christ serve through us, that our patience may bring Christ's patience back to the world. Caryll Houselander
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In this quote, John Henry Newman talks about the act of service. He says that he does not go around scrubbing floors, waiting on tables, or bringing food to the sick out of some sense of self-congratulation. He does it because he wants to make Jesus' hands in his life. He wants to let Christ serve through him. He wants to be patient and bring Christ's patience back to the world.

Source: The Reed Of God

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