Last season, my lawnmower started to have some problems, but I was not to stressed out about because it was the end of the grass cutting season.  Well, that all caught up with me this past week. Deanna and I went out to cut the grass and our lawnmower was doing awesome for a couple of minutes, but then I realized that I had not taken care of the problem. I let the problem sit and I did nothing to fix/remedy the problem.
Well, that caused our grass to get way out of control…weeds everywhere and tall blades of grass. It looked horrible, well the other night Deanna and I went to dinner and to the grocery store and as we were driving into our neighborhood, Deanna was commenting on how everyone’s grass looked awesome and well groomed, which made me feel awful. Of course, that was NOT her intent, but as we came up the hill to our house, we realized that our grass had been cut! Someone has taken the time to cut our grass for us!
We found out that our next door neighbor cut our grass for us. Now, keep in mind, she had no clue about our lawnmower being broken. She could have just got tired of seeing over grown grass, but anyway! We walked over to thank her and she was so kind about it. She told us that while she was cutting her own grass that she just felt like the Lord was telling her to cut our grass. Of course, after hearing that we proceeded to tell her about our lawnmower and what a blessing she had been. It was awesome and such an unexpected blessing from the Lord.
Through that experience the Lord really impressed upon my heart that I needed to be on the “look out” for ways that I can bless others. You see, the Lord has given so much to each one of use and we need to be looking out for ways that we can give back to others. How about you? How can you give back and bless someone else?
For us northern people, that translates into shoveling snow. I have a new neighbor that shoveled my sidewalk every time it snowed this season, because he figured “heck, I’m already out here.” It was awesome.