The Treasure of a Good Deed

I am planning to do many more good deeds this year. 

My Mom and I brainstormed and I wrote down ideas for 

people and places that might need a Good Deed. 

We decided that today, we would serve our 

Dentist and his workers. 

Today for the Good Samaritan Project,
we took food and hot cider to
our Dentist's Office 

They really loved it!  



In the same way, good deeds are 

obvious,

 and even those that are not obvious

 cannot remain hidden forever.



******I Timothy 5:12*****

Hard Work is Good

It rained really hard this past week.  We got water in our basement, I mean a LOT of water.  We had to get the shop vac out and suck up all the little streams that we going across the floor down there.  

Now it smells moldy, and my Mom is really upset.  I sketched out a plan to drain the water from the back yard into the alley beside our house.  The back yard is kind of at an angle that lets the rainwater flow down to our patio.  My Dad says that the people who designed our house did not think ahead.  

Now we get water in the basement every time a flash flood comes.  So I drew out a sketch, and today Mom and I dug out canals and put in drainage pipes to get the rain water to flow out to the alley instead of into our basement.  

I was pretty tired and sore after we dug up 

all that dirt and put in the pipes. 

Now I am kind of excited for the next flash flood, 

to see if my ideas and sketches will work

to keep the basement dry. 

Luke 14:28 says, 

"But don't begin until you count the cost. 

For who would begin construction of a building 

without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?"

It did not cost much to do this project, 

and I hope it works! 

  

Treasuring Up Good Times

We Decorated our Porch Today

We have a lot of fun at our house. 

 There is always someone coming over, stopping by, or visiting.  

We stay super busy in the Fall.  

My Mom and Dad like to make the house look fun with Decorations.  

We have people here from church nearly every weekend, and Missionaries sleep over in our Guest Room a lot.  All of this stuff brings many good times here at our home. 

I made this bird
It is a Black Bird for Fall

It's not that we have a lot of money, because we SURE don't!  But we use stuff like leaves, nuts, and nature to decorate, and to do crafts.  We grow our own vegetables for meals with Family, and friends.  We shop at ALDA and my mom uses coupons like crazy.  

And we always have enough.  It's like the verse in the Bible that says, "The Son of man is going to come in His Father's glory with the Angels, and then He will reward each person  according to what he has done"(Mt 16:27).  

We collect Leaves in Fall and
do all kinds of Crafts with them


That is what I mean about Treasures.  

I read a book about Hudson Taylor, a great missionary to China.  

He said, "The less I spent on myself, and the more I gave to others, 
the FULLER of happiness and blessing did my soul become."  

We gather up acorns in the fall, and then
when it snows, we throw them
out into the backyard for the
Squirrels to have a Snow Feast

It doesn't matter if you are helping animals, people, babies, or anything else.  When you give, it makes you happy inside.  God feels really good, too.  

What about you, do you like to treasure up good times?  Do you give of yourself?  I would love to know what you think about this topic... you can leave a comment if you want.