Luke 24:1-12

Luke 24:1-12 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  Sometimes the least glamorous tasks turn into something miraculous.  The women here were taking spices to embalm the broken and defeated body of Jesus Christ, but when they showed up, they discovered that something far greater was in the works.  Their ordinary task had transformed them into bearers of great news, spreading miraculous joy to the eleven and to all the rest.  Not that it was the women's job to make them believe -- Peter went to see for himself -- but it was their responsibility to invite others to experience the miraculous.
  In the same way, we often go about the mundane, without an awareness that God may be doing something grand in our midst.  When we elect to serve, even in the most basic tasks, we put ourselves in a place where we may experience the power of God beyond what we can imagine.  There is something about serving others that opens us up to an awareness of God is doing.  It's not formulaic, in that if we do X, God will do Y, but when we choose to live in certain ways in infuse habits in our lifestyles, we place ourselves in the thin places in the world, where we are far more likely to experience God's presence and power. 
  So may we serve with boldness and courage, without expectation and yet with open hearts and minds, that we may sense God in our midst, active and at work in our hearts and in the world.