Memory Verse: Psalms 26:2 NIV      
      Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind.

Assignment: This week I want you to do something for someone else. Do you have a neighbor that needs you? Do you know an elderly person or single mom that could use you? What about the homeless? Pack even one single sack lunch and give it to someone in need. Do you know someone in blogland that is struggling right now and could use a note from you about how much you care? Pray about this. Let God put on your heart the perfect thing for you to do for another. Now, here is the kicker…I DO NOT want you to post about what you do. Whatever you choose to do is between you and God. Our rewards are in heaven, not here on earth, Mathew 6:1. I want you to post about how doing this “act” made you feel. Was stepping out of your comfort zone in this area as hard as you thought it might be? Could you see the gratefulness in their eyes? Hear it in their voice? Tell it from their typing? Do you think you might make doing things like this a more regular part of your time?  If this is an area that you are already active in, tell us how you feel this has impacted your life.

I LOVE helping people!   It can be something as simple as taking a package to the Post Office or just watching my neighbors cat while they are away on vacation.  My DH tells me that I sometimes spread myself a bit too thin.  Oh, how I wish the word "thin" could be used in the same sentence with my name!  lol
  

We were asked not to write about what we did to help someone, but to write about how doing this act of kindness made us feel.  I was THRILLED that I was even asked to help.  I spent 2 1/2 hours on Saturday and about 4 hours on Sunday.  We worked and laughed.  It was a blessing to not only spend time with this person, but to be able to do something nice for them.  To see the look of appreciation in their eyes warms my heart!

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."                   
                             Matthew 25:40