Woke up this morning to the sound of chain saws and saw about twenty men working across the street in our neighbors yard cutting up downed trees and cleaning up the damage from the recent ice storm. Just yesterday we had received a quote from a professional tree service for $950 to clean up our yard and take off all the mess we had. So we thought . . . maybe the men working across the street would help us and possibly charge less than what was quoted yesterday. Found out our neighbor didn't hire anyone - it was his church who had sent out the volunteers - free of charge! Heartwarming to see people helping others like that. Needless to say, we weren't able to hire them to work in our yard but another neighbor overheard my husband talking to them and volunteered to come over and cut up our trees and haul them all off for a fraction of the cost quoted us the day before. Ended up he, his wife and three teenage kids all pitched in, gave up their Saturday and worked hard to help us. We couldn't of been more grateful!Then it occured to me - during the week of the snow and ice when our power was out for three days we were one of the few in our neighborhood who had a generator. We had opened our home to our elderly neighbors so they could stay warm and have hot food to eat. Now in our time of need, completely different neighbors, ones we hardly knew, came to our aid. I guess that is what the Bible means when it says . . .YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW! Kindness does inspire kindness . . . and it sure makes the world a nicer place to live in.
Cathy
