Art of Charity

The Art of Charity

"Charity isn't about giving out of abundance. It is about giving out of sacrifice."

     We've often heard to give back and serve others. How many of you will go out of your way to do that though? I'm not calling anyone out or criticizing anyone for that matter. It's just a simple question.. How many of you MAKE time to give back? This isn't for me to sound as if I am better than anyone of you. Fact is, I'm not any better. We are human. We make mistakes and will continue to do so. 

     Today, I went to Nashville and Murfreesboro. I got my brother to come along with me because I wanted to show him what I was passionate about. Serving others. He did not realize how much it meant for me to make time to volunteer and serve others until today. My brother has matured into this guy that I can talk to about anything. He's been so helpful. I just completely got sidetracked..haha excuse me. I left town about 12ish and didn't get home until 10 tonight. It has been one eventful day. I went to Ashley's house to combine our hats and mittens to organize them. Afterwards, we hit the road to start passing them out. We went to the Pregnancy Support Center, Safe Haven Family Shelter, Nashville Rescue Mission, and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. It felt amazing heading home.

     As I was driving home, a thousand thoughts came rushing at me. Although, we did not get to pass them out to kids and had to donate them..it still felt incredible. A feeling of accomplishment. It didn't matter if we don't know who received them. It was great knowing that WE helped someone in need. I don't even know where this blog is going anymore because I am beyond grateful for everything. I am grateful for the way God used me in this world. He gave me a vision to help out the needy and to serve beyond my expectations. I used an entire day out of my break to go out and do something I felt like was needed. That..is the art of charity. Just sacrificing your time and doing things beyond your expectations for the common good. It shouldn't feel like sacrifice.. it should feel normal. Today..felt normal to me. I could do this for the rest of my life. Toboggans for Toddlers became a huge hit for me. Even if it didn't go big..I have collected 600 toboggans.. That's 600 children I am helping. The end. 

Take care,

Sandy 

First District Meeting.

Today, I drove myself to my first District meeting. It felt.. different. My mother wasn't there to baby me during the drive at all. The weather was incredible though. Blasting the music with the windows down? Yeah my kind of day. When I arrived in McMinnville, I found the Church and drove around town. Let me tell you.. their downtown is much different than Cleveland's good ol' downtown. I accidently went down a one way street.. I couldn't help but laugh. I've known this guy Mac since the seventh grade now..and he lives in Warren County (McMinnville). The town is super small so everybody knows everybody. He showed up to hang out with me and the people there. ANYWAYS back to my story about my first meeting, we played really fun games and talked a lot about the year ahead of us. It seriously takes a lot of work to be an representative. I am so grateful that I met the people there today. There are 13 of us. This year is going to be fantastic. I'm seriously excited about driving back and attending my next meeting. I swear..Interact is my life. That is all.