Act of Kindness (Guest Post)
June 10th, 2009 Posted in Church at the Grove, Community, Faith, MissionalThis is a guest post from Church at the Grove’s Kirsten Warr.
Last Thursday a home burned to the ground close to my subdivision and Hunter and I wished there was something we could do to help the people, but we had never met the family so we did not want to intrude. So Sunday when you spoke about the Acts of Kindness my mind immediately went to that family. On Monday I wrote a little note just telling them how sorry we were for their loss and left my name and number for them to contact b/c I had a few items I thought they might be able to use in getting back on their feet.
Tuesday night I received a call from the son of the elderly woman who lived in the house expressing thanks for the letter. I told him I would gather some items for her and am working with some other neighbors to get a good amount of items to them early next week.
I did not expect to be affected greatly by the acts of kindness I did for others through the next 40 days. I felt that those were the things we SHOULD already be doing as Christians; seeing people as Jesus sees them and trying to act accordingly. However this challenge as Russ called it did help me step out of my comfort area and help total strangers on a more intimate level. I have been blessed by helping others!
If anyone wishes to help and show kindness to this family they can email me at kirstenwarr @ att.net or call me at 770-714-8421. The woman who lost everything needs clothes size 16, kitchen items, bedding, canned and boxed food, furniture, esc…If you have any items you were planning on selling in a garage sale or give away please think of sharing them with this woman. Thanks So Much!!!
