Making A Difference

This post has nothing to do with my weightloss journey, but it has to do with my life and making a difference in this world, one small step at a time.

I've been hearing a lot of people talk about making a difference lately. Even at church last night, the pastor talked about missions and making a difference wherever you are called to be. Whether it be at work, in your neighborhood or across the globe, we can all make a difference by the choices we make.

Well, after church last night, we planned on going to the drive-in movie theater. We stopped at Jewel Osco to get their 8-piece fried chicken meal deal (my husband was really looking forward to this), then headed toward the theater. I was in a rush and was getting pushy with my husband in the store, well, God had other plans and he needed us to go at a slower pace. We're driving to the drive-in and not far from our house we see two men crossing the street (at a traffic light) with a sign, "Need food. We will take anything." So, the light they were standing at had just turned green, me being in the rush that I was in, took off. My husband and I started talking about it, I was like, I know you were really looking forward to the chicken - what should we do? He didn't care either way, so, since I was driving, I turned around at the next block and we headed back to those two men where we rolled down the window and handed them the bag of fresh hot chicken, cole slaw, potato salad and Hawaiin rolls. The man who took the bad was very appreciative and even said, "God bless." My husband said the same, then we drove off to the drive-in, where we didn't have our dinner anymore, but we were okay with that. It was a little thing, but we made a difference, hopefully.

It's not how much you do, it's what you do. So when Jesus comes back and says, "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’" For more, see Matthew 25:34-46.

I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm bragging, I'm not. We saw an opportunity and took it. We all see small little things like this almost every day, we just need to take the opportunities we are given to make a difference.