Give A Little Love

I was just going through a friends blog and saw this video she posted back in December.  I love it and had to share.  Doesn't it make you want to go serve someone?  Enjoy.

Simple Acts of Service

'That which we persist in doing becomes easy to do; not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased'

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I always seem to jinx myself.  Is that how you even spell that word?  This past Sunday I was thinking to myself...WOW, we have been here for almost 10 months and I haven't had to speak in church once!  Low and behold, right after church I receive a call from the bishop asking me to speak on Sunday.  What are the chances?!?! 

Anyway, I have been asked to give a 10 minute talk on the Importance of Service.  I have been thinking a lot about the topic and have some ideas of how I want to organize it.  But then I was thinking...I always get more out of a talk when the speaker can share personal experiences.  Don't you? 

So with that I am petitioning for your help!  I want to share examples of simple acts of service and how they has affected people's life.  SO, if you will - leave me a comment with a simple act of service that someone has done for you, or that you were able to do for someone else - and how it helped you in that certain circumstance.  It doesn't have to be long or profound...anything that touched you in someway will do. I would love to hear your experience and if it is ok with you, maybe share some of them as part of my talk.

Here are some acts of service from the past few days that I am especially grateful for:

* My little sister watching Noah for an hour so I could run errands.

* The SGT at Fort Knox tax center taking a few minutes to answer some of my questions over the phone.

* My mom putting Noah's laundry in the dryer for me.

Those are just a few.  Sometimes it's hard to think of them, because there are so many.  But try to jog your memory, I know we all have plenty of examples to share!  If you want to email me instead my email is melissa.stockhoff@gmail.com

And my THANKS to you, in advance :)