Serving

The quote below is so true and hit home to me the other day.

On Thursday as my husband and I were leaving Wal-mart to go to our next stop for work there was a man dressed in a white shirt and tie and dress pants with a red gas can next to him holding up a "Need Gas" sign written on a piece of card board. In the short time that we saw him we saw at least 20 cars go by him. As soon as we read the sign we turned around and motioned for him to walk over to the gas station. He did and was immediately grateful and kept saying "there are good people out there!" His truck had run out of gas and he was on his way to an interview. He was a painter had just been layed off from his job of many years.

This is one of the many things I admire about my husband is that he is willing to serve anyone in need. We both feel that way and wish we could help more people in need. We both say that if we "won" or "came into" a large sum of money we would be broke because we would GIVE it all away helping others!

"I believe the Savior is telling us that unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives. Those who live only for themselves eventually shrivel up and figuratively lose their lives, while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and flourish—and in effect save their lives."

--Thomas S. Monson, "What Have I Done for Someone Today?", Ensign, Nov. 2009, 84–87