Joy in Service (annotation)

Those who are following this series would do well to visit Anita H Van Ingen's posting of "Feed My Sheep." Here you will find an open and honest conversation between the Lord and one of His faithful bond-servants. As Paul wrote in Philippians "To live is Christ" i.e. doing His work on earth. "To die is gain." -- a time to finally rest from our labors. Christian character is marked by words such as: endurance, perseverance, standing firm, and overcoming. Such words have no meaning if we do not come to points like Anita describes and like her get to the other side and press on.