Half A Box

Every other Thursday, during the school year, the kiddies and I have Library Time with Miss Dawn. This is a fun time of reading, a silly game and a lot of singing! Although Seth and Gracie are always shy at first, they usually warm up pretty fast! (side note: Yesterday's class was SUPER fun. If you have not read the book Press Here by Herve Tullet, I highly recommend that you check it out! It makes for an awesome time of crazy polka dot fun!)

One of the things I implement into our trips to the library is a donation to the South River Food Bank. There is a bin as soon as you enter the door and Seth & Gracie love to bring canned or boxed non perishables to donate to "little kids who need something to eat". Of course, their favorite thing to do is pick out colorful cereal and take it to the bin! I think it's all about putting an exciting treat into the box for another child to enjoy!

Yesterday, as we prepared to leave I had asked Seth to remind me to pick something out to take.-My mind is SOOO forgetful lately!- Well, he REMEMBERED! As I was preparing to walk out the door he came up to me clutching an open box of Trix and asked, "Can I take this one, Pooka?" SOOOO CUTE!! I commended him for remembering and gently explained that we want to bring NEW food to the bin. We want the little kids to have fresh food and the Trix might get stale and yucky. I took him by the hand and we searched through the cabinets until we found two new boxes of Hamburger Helper and he and Gracie skipped out the door with their donations.

I thought to myself how I sometimes come to GOD with a half opened box of something in my life. I am convinced that this is what I need to give others. Unlike Seth, however, I am aware that it is NOT what I can fully give, although I try to pass it off as a sacrifice of my time and energy. The LORD then has to take my hand and walk me to the cabinet of my talents and pull out a "fresh box" and help me to realize that I need to give ALL of what I can. It doesn't have to be a big, HUGE undertaking. It can simply be my full attention to what He wants me to accomplish in His Name that day! May I take this example and apply it to my daily life!

1 Corinthians 10:31b
"....whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."