I was very encouraged by a quote sent to me by a friend regarding serving...

"You must be aware that the enemy, the subtle one, will beguile you by tempting you to serve the Lord. You may say that you are learning how to serve the Lord, but the Lord does not need you to serve Him. The Lord needs you to love Him. On the seashore of Tiberias, the Lord Jesus asked Peter, "Simon Peter, do you love Me? Do you love Me more than all the others?" (John 21:15). The Christian life is not a matter of work for Him or of serving Him. Forget about all this. Satan, the subtle one, would come in to beguile you by tempting you to serve the Lord. Today in this generation the Lord Jesus does not need a lot of young people to work for Him. He needs many young ones to love Him desperately. If you love Him for just half a day, you will be crazy. Today the Lord Jesus needs many crazy lovers" (from "Crazy Lovers of Jesus" in The Living and Practical Way to Enjoy Christ).

So today I am encouraged not to try and push through another day of "serving" as I so offen do, but rather, turn my heart and let the Lord draw me to love Him more.