A couple days ago, an amazing friend gave us a tub of size 3T girls clothes for Charlotte. I cannot tell you how grateful I was! It’s a challenge to keep up with buying kids’ clothes as they grow so rapidly. So I felt like she was basically handing me a couple hundred dollars when she handed me that box of clothes. Of course she wouldn’t accept payment, but I will figure out some sort of repayment! I’m glad to know that I can “pay it forward” by doing the same for someone else someday.
Also, when Charlotte was still an infant, another friend (you know who you are) gave us a grocery bag of baby food that her toddler no longer needed. I wanted to reimburse her because she had paid good money for that baby food, but she declined it. She mentioned that people had given her baby food, clothes, etc. in the past, and we all just pass things on to others. “What goes around, comes around” was the gist of it. I was grateful for that message and example. I know that when we see our cup being filled to the brim with blessings, we can show our gratitude by giving to someone else (by way of a helping hand, or a kind word, or material things, whatever it may be). Because when we’re serving others, we’re serving God.