Breathing In, Breathing Out

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I love being in church and hearing the sermons on Sunday mornings!  I usually take away a sentence from the pulpit that either makes me laugh or makes me ponder.  On one particular week, this was my sentence to stick in my head. . .

"Which is more important. . .to breathe in or to breathe out?" 

The message was about about serving and worshiping.  Which of those two are more important?  Some say worship first, so you can serve.  But isn't the serving also worshiping Him? 
 

My pondering brain kicks in here.

I think in order to serve others, there has to be a love there somewhere or we would not do it.

Maybe we do it because it makes us feel good.  Why does it make us feel good?  Because it always takes the focus off of ourselves and onto others?  But serving doesn't always feel good. So why keep doing it? It comes back to loving the Lord, so we serve whether if feels good or not because of love. So is this serving. . .worshipping? Everything good comes from God.  And helping others is good. . . breathing in. . . breathing out.  It's hard to imagine one without the other, the breathing and the serving/worshiping.

In fact, you cannot just breathe in and not out.  You cannot just breathe out and not in.

So, can you serve without worshiping?  Can you worship without serving?

My pondering brain just cannot ponder anymore!
Am I just rambling?
Does this make any sense?

Please tell me what you think?



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