It's incredible to realize that when we take care of the needs of someone else, it's the same as doing it for Jesus. That's awesome! What an incredible thing to teach our kids.
**More to come on our blog in the next few weeks about a project that you can be part of to meet the needs of others in an easy, non-time-consuming, inexpensive way...
 

"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.” (When did we do these things for you they asked…) “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”  (italics are my paraphrase).  Matthew 25:34-46

Jesus goes on to say that what we didn’t do for others, we didn’t do for Him. Ouch...I don't think He said that to make us feel guilty all the time, but to make us think. Besides, as a mom, you feed, give water, clothe, care for the sick, and even visit the kid in "prison" (grounded or in time-out)!  I'm not minimizing the other people in our lives that we can care for, but sometimes we get so busy looking out for others that we forget we're already doing all of these things in our homes, and usually we do them more than once a day.