the right place at the right time

Make Me a Blessing
Words by Ira B. Wilson
Music by George S. Schuler

Out on the highways and byways of life,
Many are the weary and sad;
Carry the sunshine where darkness is rife,
Making the sorrowing glad.

Make me a blessing, make me a blessing;
Out of my life may Jesus shine.
Make me a blessing, O Saviour I pray,
Make me a blessing to someone today.
Tell the sweet story of Christ and His love,
Tell of His pow'r to forgive;
Others will trust Him if only you prove
True every moment you live.

Make me a blessing, make me a blessing;
Out of my life may Jesus shine.
Make me a blessing, O Saviour I pray,
Make me a blessing to someone today.
Give as 'twas given to you in your need,
Love as the Master loved you;
Be to the helpless a helper indeed,
Unto your mission be true.

Make me a blessing, make me a blessing;
Out of my life may Jesus shine.
Make me a blessing, O Saviour I pray,
Make me a blessing to someone today.

Ever think about how EASY it can be sometimes to be a blessing or offer a blessing to someone. Sometimes all it takes is being at the right place at the right time and being willing. A lot of times we have to seek things out and make a conscious effort and choice, complete an action, give something, sacrifice, but sometimes the opportunities come right to you and can be so effortless.
I have two examples. They happened at about the same time, one yesterday, one today, while I was in between schools on my afternoon route and had plenty of time to kill. I had to decide where to sit. Yesterday I didn't put much thought in it, but it ended up I was able to help a stranded motorist where I was at. As for today, I will share my example... I decided to go to Rainbow Foods because I wanted to buy a lemonade. I go there often and I go in there not really thinking about it. I got in line, just being patient. I was behind a man and a woman that were buying simply a bunch (bundle? what do you call it?) of bananas. I wasn't paying much attention until I realized there was a delay. I wasn't in a hurry, so I didn't care. But then I realized the lady was counting out change. Finally she said, "okay, just take one of them off". The cashier said something like, "ok, but I have to re-ring the whole thing, I can't just subtract one banana, hang on", I noticed she had one dollar bill, a bunch of dimes and nickels and penny on the counter. I was like....hold up...."how much change do you need?" They thought for a second, and said, "20 cents." I was like, "holy moly! 20 cents!" I reached into my purse and said, "here, have a quarter!" and it was like it meant the world to them. I mean how frustrating to only come to a store to buy bananas and you can't because you can't manage to pull out $2.65. All it took was a quarter from my change purse- what's that worth to me? Oh, I might have bought a newspaper that would have been thrown away at the end of the day! I was happy to have been able to do something...she said "thank you, God bless you" and I was just thinking, "God bless YOU!" :-D
Anyway...pay attention to the opportunities to bless someone...ask the Lord to bring them...and seek them out yourself as well...you may find that the blessings return...and then, "every blessing You pour out, I'll turn back to PRAISE!"

P.S. Sorry Alan...my camera battery died, so I can't get the pic up yet.
P.P.S. LEAVE ME COMMENTS on the other post for today...(about the church job!)