30 Day Challenge Day Three: Service and a Toilet

Today I couldn't make up my mind about what to be thankful for so I decided to share two things. Today started off with the toilet clogging...yes and flooding our bathroom...which is carpeted for some stupid reason...lovely I know. So already running a little behind I quickly through some towels down and ran out the door. While I was at work there was an accident out front involving three cars. This would have been a really upsetting thing except that I witnessed something amazing. Within minutes of the crash, there were women rushing to the aid of those involved. One woman even had a first aid bag in her car and ran over to make sure that no one was injured. They were directing traffic, and helping one of the drivers who was an elderly gentleman who could barely walk out of his car and away to safety. This was amazing to me because I thought about how often it actually happens. How often do we stop and help those who are in need? I know most of us reading this are guilty of seeing someone who could use our help and we don't stop to do anything. How many times have we ignored the Spirit prompting us to call someone who we know is down, or take cookies to a neighbor who is having a rough day, week, or maybe even a month or year? But today I saw that there are those who keep the world, that says that we should be selfish and not help anyone, a little bit of a happier place. I'm so thankful to those people who do stop to help and lift the needy when they know that it will not benefit them. I'm thankful to those who give so much time and charity to loving those around them and showing such Christ-like love.

The next thing I am thankful for is a working toilet...you don't realize how important it is until you don't have one and you really have to use it. I will admit I was very frustrated about this because as you know (if you've been reading my previous posts), I quit my job and will be done working next week and haven't found another one yet. So I was worried about having to fix up the bathroom. However now that I look at it, it is another blessing. I now have something to fill up my time with as I won't have any work for a while. Since I have so much time we have decided to finally fix up the bathroom like we've been wanting to. I will have at least one pretty room in my house and I'm very excited about it. So many small blessings that I probably haven't seen are all around and I hope that many more will come.