blessed

  

on thanksgiving morning, usually we get up, relax and watch the macy's thanksgiving day parade, but this year was different.   instead we had the honor of serving with our "thrive" group at our church to prepare and organize the delivery of over 11, 000 meals to families in need (there were numerous churches in the area that partnered together in this effort).  

  

god blesses us so that we can be a blessing to others.  but really, at the end of the day we were the ones that were feeling blessed - to see the happy, smiling faces of the servants and to know that what we were doing was going to bless a deserving family this thanksgiving and give them hope during this holiday season.

oh, and the best part of it all (if you didn't notice it in the picture above), each of the bags that were used to transport food, was hand-decorated with bible verses and pictures by the kids in the church.  how cool that the kids are learning at such a young age the importance of loving and serving others.