Just Got This Interesting post from a Good Friend and Mentor of Mine Todd Smith to share with Us Today and I want to use this post to challenge you all this Season.
Will you give unselfishly of your time and/or resources this holiday season to serve or bless those who aren’t as fortunate as you? If you are a parent, read this post with your children and come up with an idea of how you can serve together.
To open your mind, here are some possibilities:
1. Remember our Servicemen and their families. If there is a Veteran’s Home or Hospital near you, send Christmas cards to several of our Heroes, thanking them for their service and sacrifice. Taking cookies or candy is also a possibility. If you know of a wife, mother, or family of a soldier serving overseas, think of ways you can fill their loneliness and let them know people care about them.
2. Love a family member. Who in your extended family is going through a difficult time? How can you show your love and support to this family member? Ideas include
sending an encouraging card, making a phone call on Christmas to say you are thinking of him or her, or taking this person to lunch or coffee and sharing the impact he or she has had on your life.
3. Give a gift of sponsorship. Rather than giving your friends or family members more “stuff” they don’t really need, why not give a gift to a charity in their names. You can give a gift that feeds a child, provides clean water for a community, rescues a child from sex slavery, or whatever it is you or the gift receiver are most passionate about.
4. Serve the homeless on Christmas morning. One of the most rewarding things my family has done on Christmas mornings is to serve the homeless. Getting up early, we take coffee, donuts, and little gift bags and go in search of homeless people to wish a Merry Christmas.
Last year we did this with my daughter-in-law’s family. Her dad dressed up as Santa Clause, and we all had a wonderful time giving away coffee, donuts, gift bags, and clothes.
5. Visit a nursing home. Many elderly people in nursing homes will not have any family or friends visiting them this holiday season. Image sitting in a nursing home during the holidays by yourself.
If this is something that pulls on your heart, call your local nursing home and find out who doesn’t have family in town. Then take them some homemade goodies and spend time visiting with them.
6. Serve a neighbor in need. As you think about your neighbors, which one is having the hardest time this holiday season? It could be someone who has lost a loved one, is struggling financially, or is experiencing health challenges.
Does anyone come to mind? If so, how can you bless that family? Ideas include giving a homemade meal, a loaf of fresh baked bread, your famous holiday cookies, gifts for their children, or inviting them over for Christmas dinner.
7. Bless a single mom. The life of a single mom is a tough life as my opening story highlighted. Do you know a single mom who is having a particularly difficult time? How can you make this holiday season brighter for her and her children? Would a card with an anonymous cash gift enhance their holidays?
8. Help a struggling co-worker. What if your company was giving away $100 gift card to one deserving employee who is to be selected by co-workers. Each person has one vote and must include the reason why you gave this person your vote. Who would you vote for and what would your note say?
Since your company is likely not running this type of holiday program, what can you do for this person to make their life better?
9. Surprise a family in your community. Working through a local organization, you can learn about a family who is suffering from financial hardship. Then go shopping and deliver Christmas gifts, a turkey, and couple bags of food so they can enjoy Christmas.
If this is something you want to do contact your church, synagogue, or work though a local organization that provides this service.
10. Out of the box idea. Okay, I have given you some basic ideas, but as you learned in my post Exploring a New World of Possibilities the best ideas come when you stretch yourself. Whether it’s Christmas caroling with your friends or making Christmas cookies or candy for your office, there are 101 ways you can touch someone’s life this holiday season.
So, what will you do? Will you give unselfishly of yourself to bless someone’s life this holiday season? What creative ideas do you have? Share what you are going to do in the comment section below this post.Read more from Todd here at http://www.littlethingsmatter.com
When you give of yourself to serve others in need, you are demonstrating one of the most admirable character traits one can possess.
Hope You Enjoyed this post. Please remember you can help others on this blog by giving a gift to all this Season. Just contact me on delordsmail@yahoo.com and tell me what you want to give out, we will advertise your link for free to all when you do so.
Thanks
Delords
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