My husband and I had an interesting discussion today about the merit of doing things out of duty vs. doing things out of love. I said that doing things out of duty was way better than not doing things at all, and he said he thought I was discounting the cost/the fallout of doing things out of duty -- resentment primarily -- both on the part of the person doing his duty and the person receiving a gift given solely out of duty.
After reading Oswald's entry for today, I'm wondering if part of taking every thought/project captive is taking the time to move from a knee-jerk dutiful response to a love-motivated one.
Oswald: " . . . a person is not only committed to Jesus Christ for salvation, but is also committed, responsible and accountable to Jesus Christ's view of God."
We must transform our minds, and that includes trading resentment-inducing duty for love-motivated action. Perhaps it will take more time. Perhaps we will get less done. But what gets done will be worth doing -- on every level.
After today's church service on gratitude, I think it is that heart of thanks which moves actions from duty-based to love-motivated.
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