Sharing

Sometimes it is amazing how fast God can answer prayers. Last night Ben and I were talking about Caleb and how he has problems with sharing and empathy. I was a little stressed out about it and then realized I should just pray about it and ask God to help me teach him these things. I think it's funny that I don't think to pray about things until I am my wit's end, but maybe that is a blessing because when He answers I know it is from Him.
Anyway, this morning I went with Jill Riggins, her boys, and Judy Bennett to pass out some baby blankets at the hospital. When we got to the storeroom there was a large bin of toys that had been donated to the hospital as well. Immediately mine and Jill's boys started playing with the toys. When we were ready to go hand them out I braced myself for a fight with Caleb about giving these away. God is so good though. Jill told the boys about how we would be handing these out to the children in the hospital who were sick and Judy told them that we can give them the toys and tell them that Jesus loves them. When we got to the ward, the boys were so excited to give the toys out and Caleb would look at each child we were about to go to and try and pick out something especially for them. Just thinking about it here makes me cry. Just the day before Caleb was fighting with me about sharing one of 10 cars with his little brother and here he was, knowing that none of these were for him, happy as a clam to be giving them out! Thane, of course, followed his big brother's lead and was bringing toys to the children as well.




Christianity is about losing yourself, and abandoning your own desires for God's will. It's about being generous with everything you have in order that you may show Christ's love to someone who needs it. I have had so much trouble teaching that to Caleb at home where he is immersed in a materialistic culture of putting yourself first. He has commercials screaming at him that he NEEDS this toy or that and once he get's it, it is his and his alone. I don't know why we are able to be here, but I'm so thankful for this opportunity for my family. God is so good and it is such a joy to be able to serve Him!!!