Over and Over
This post will be quite a bit shorter than most of the ones I write. There is a kind of “method to my madness” in doing that.
Recently, I made an unsuccessful attempt to visit one of our elderly ladies who now resides in a nursing home. I later texted her daughter and found out where both of the ladies were at the time. I told her that I’d give it “the old college try” later.
The daughter thanked me for my attempt and for the fact that I check on her mother from time to time. She also shared with me the following information:
“She has received cards from some and it really makes her feel good. She reads them over and over.”
I read that last sentence over and over. I hope you will as well. I also hope that all of us will think of some of the implications of that sentence.
It seems to me that it can be all too easy for all of us to forget, fail to do, or just put off what might be considered “little things.” A few minutes spent in writing a note may seem to me to be a little thing, but it may be very important to somebody else. It could, as we say, “make the day” for somebody who has very few good days.
he same could be said for a short visit, a phone call, a text, or any of any number of other things that we might consider to be “no big deal.” Those things may be a very, very big deal to somebody who is lonely or is going through something that makes them wonder if anybody cares – or even remembers them.
Now, for the “method to my madness.” Now that I’ve been kind enough to give you a little extra time, how about using that time to do one of those “little things?”
It might be possible that, in a very short time, you will totally forget what you did. While you are going on with your life, somebody else may be rereading for the “umpteenth” time that note you wrote, or continuing to relive the few minutes you spent with him or her.
Come to think of it, those “little things” may be more important than we think they are. If you question that, take just a few moments and read Matthew 25:31-46.
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AUTHOR: Jim Faughn
