Tuesday, November 4, 2014

My Word Journey on SERVICE

1828 Dictionary: In a general sense, labor of body or of body and mind, performed at the command of a superior, or the pursuance of duty, or for the benefit of another. Service is voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary service is that of hired servants, or of contract, or of persons who spontaneously perform something for another's benefit. Involuntary service is that of slaves, who work by compulsion.

Dictionary.com: An act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.

LDS.org: And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
                    -Mosiah 2:17

For thou shalt devote all thy service in Zion; and in this thou shalt have strength.
                    -Dn’C 24:7

Quotes: The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
-Mahatma Gandhi

My Definition: I heard a quote once, that Pres. Hinckley’s father told him while he was on his mission: “Forget yourself and go to work.” I think this is the perfect definition of Service. 

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