A Very Thoughtful Gift

The other day Dear One and I made a trip to a big box store to get a few "critical things" in case we need to hunker down for a while.  Things on that list were things like Vitamin B-12 and Vitamin D3. Peanut butter. Vinegar for cleaning surfaces. Also a giant box of nearly fat-free frozen French fries!  Guess who found that item to be "critical"?!!

While we were filling up our car with gasoline afterwards, we received a phone call.  One of the great blessings of being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that we all have the blessing and responsibility to minister to one another.  There are passages of scripture what tell us we should love one another and serve one another.  We take that commandment very seriously. We are assigned to specific people through revelation. We are blessed as we serve and we can bless the lives of those we serve.  Dear One ministers to families and I get to minister to sisters.  In turn we are ministered to by brothers and sisters.

Now back to the phone call.  It was my ministering sisters who wanted us to know that they had been to our house and had left a gift hanging on our door.  I love gifts!  I especially like surprise gifts.  This is the gift we found when we got home an hour later:

This was such a thoughtful gift: toilet paper, tissues, Tylenol, hand soap, and cough drops!  All in a lovely bag.  I am going to leave them together in one place so in case we need them, they will be right there and ready for use.

This gift made my eyes wet to think of their kindness and the thoughtfulness that went into providing it to us.

It made me want to go out and do likewise.