Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 116.
Serving may be as appreciated as a good testimony in a worship service, but typically it’s as thankless as washing dishes after a church social. Most service, even that which seems the most glamorous, is like an iceberg. Only the eye of God ever sees the larger, hidden part of it.
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 1991, p. 116.