The Families we visited yesterday were very thankful for the Food donations that were delivered:
We visited an upscale home for the first time in ten years. My son and I received warm and grateful greetings at every stop. One man even gave me a big hug.
I reminded our son (9) why we started this “three-times-a-year Food For Families tradition” ten years ago.
“If two boys are standing next to an adult, and one uses his manners and the other doesn’t which one do you think the adult will trust more?”
“If two adults say serving others is important, but one actually does and the other only hopes to one day, which one do you think God will say, well done?”
In telling our son why we do this, even though it may seem small, we are actually preparing ourselves to do more. By putting others first every Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter morning, we are developing a habit similar to using manners.
We are cultivating good habits. That’s all we can really ask of ourselves, isn’t it?
