Sunday, November 3, 2024
A Pre-Thanksgiving
Classic
Mark 14:8
8 She hath done what
she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
Fifty
plus years ago, just before leaving home to begin Bible college studies, an elderly
lady baked me a pie. I don’t even remember what kind of pie it was. Perhaps it
was double crust apple, but that detail has escaped me. What has not flown away
is the memory of that simple kindness. The lady was probably living on
retirement income so she couldn’t give me money. She didn’t offer sage advice
although she most likely could have. She simply did what she could. She
baked me a pie.
The
fact that I remember the kindness and not this woman’s name is testimony to the power of
small investments made in others. It may seem insignificant to us, but it may
literally linger a lifetime in the grateful mind of the recipient.
Thanksgiving
is just days away and we will gather with family and try to remember
why we are thankful. It shouldn’t be as hard as it usually is. Perhaps it would
be easier if we recalled the small kindnesses given simply. These enrich our
lives and bore deeply into our thinking. They make a home there and change us
for the better. For this we should be thankful.
Stop
thinking of what you can’t afford to do. Stop mourning your lack of time and
energy. Just do what you can do and ask God to bless it. Your gift may last a
lifetime.
Dear Lord, today
someone will need a small act of kindness. Let me do what I can to be a
blessing to others. AMEN
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