Saturday, March 15, 2014

Stockpiling Service

I have many wonderful women in my life who are great examples to me. I am grateful for all of them. A few weeks ago I visited one of them and learned a valuable lesson. One day we dropped in on a friend of ours, Sara Mckee. Sara and her twin sister, Cindi, were good friends with Cody in high school, and still are good friends. The day we dropped in on Sara and her family she was having a busy Saturday. They were feeding dinner to the missionaries that night and she was also taking dinner to a family in her ward. She explained that, even though her family doesn't eat the lasagnas, she buys them and keeps them in her freezer and looks for families who need a dinner brought in. She doesn't wait for someone on the compassionate service committee to call her and ask her to take dinner to a family, she looks on her own for a family who might benefit from her kindness and acts on it. What?? I told you she's awesome.

So that got me thinking...about stockpiling lasagnas. And as I thought about it I realized that that particular method isn't really practical for my family, and that's okay. So I've been thinking about other things, from cookies to notes. I have a couple of good ideas that I'm going to try out.

But as I type this up I realize that I didn't put near as much thought into actively looking for people who need a little love and service, the way that Sara does. So I'm going to put a lot more thought, and prayer, into that. Perhaps the important part isn't keeping lasagnas on hand, but looking for the opportunities to serve, and acting on them. 

Thank you, Sara, for your good example and for the lesson I learned from you!