Once there was a family that was not rich and not poor.  They lived in Ohio in a small country house.  One night they all sat down for dinner, and there was a knock at the door.  The father went to the door and opened it.

There stood an old man in tattered clothes, with ripped pants and missing buttons.  He was carrying a basket full of vegetables.  He asked the family if they wanted to buy some vegetables from him.  They quickly did because they wanted him to leave.

Over time, the family and the old man became friends.  The man brought vegetables to the family every week.  They soon found out that he was almost blind and had cataracts on his eyes.  But he was so friendly that they learned to look forward to his visits and started to enjoy his company.

One day as he was delivering the vegetables, he said, "I had the greatest blessing yesterday!  I found a basket of clothes outside my house that someone had left for me."

The family, knowing that he needed clothes, said, "How wonderful!"

The old blind man said, "The most wonderful part is that I found a family that really needed the clothes."

by Jerry Ullman



The Blessing of Having Plenty..

There are few qualities better than a generous spirit. It begins with the willingness to look beyond our self and see the need of others and then do something about it. There are so many hurting people all around us. Not just those who are hurting financially but the people who need someone to reach to them and let them know that they count. 

Listen, there are needy people in your life.  They are lonely, they are hurting, they are looking for someone to just say a kind word or to put an arm around them.   Why not reach out and share some of the many blessing you have.  Why not reach out to that lonely neighbor, that new person on the job, someone who lacks the necessities of life.  You can make a difference.. and you have so many blessings to give.