be a blessing to others

I’m a Christian and I’m not bragging, I’m writting to encourage others to be giving. There was a young pregnant teen aged mom, who was not married. So I went on line to walmart and bought a crib and mattress for her baby and had it delivered to her grandparents mobile home where she is living. I didn’t send a card or anything. I also heard about an elderly couple who needed a washer and drier and my daughter was moving to germany with the army and getting rid of her’s and was looking for someone to buy it. So I bought it and paid her the money and gave it to the elderly couple. We delivered it to them and found that they are sleeping on the coutch because they didn’t have a box spring. They are in their 60’s, so I went to Craigslist.com and got a free one for them. FREE is GOOD! Seeing a need and giving doesn’t have to cost money. Be a blessing to others feels so good to my heart.

On Thanksgiving, I cooked 2 turkeys and cut one up and fed the little mobile home family and dropped the other half off for the homeless guys down the street. Thank you God for a husband who didn’t mind so much delivering all this food on his holiday. Christmas gifts for kids who don’t have much is easy for me… when all the Christmas stuffed animals go on super sale in February, I stock up. Then in April when valentine bears go on sale I grab a few more…. I end up with these huge 2 foot tall dogs with roses in there mouths. If I see a store going out of business and I can pick up a few more toys, I do. I always see something cute and think “if I just knew someone that I could give that to,” well, I just buy it now anyway. Even if I spend $5 a month and get just one toy, by the end of the year I have a bunch. Then wonderful hubby and I clean out the closet in December and bring all of this to the Mall toys for tots drop box. I’m not bragging, I’m just sharing how easy, it can be if you set your heart to it.

There is a yahoo group that I belong to and a lady on there said that they didn’t have any food. So I got her address and we got her a few bags of food and a gift card to Food World. We went to her “home” to drop it off and they lived in a trailer that the floors are falling through, the roof is still damaged from the Hurricane Ivan and mold is the predominant smell. Thank you God for allowing my husband and I together to see just how blessed we are. I pray that her bags of food multiply in her home and that your healing spirit will move upon her family. Amen.