Winning Wednesday: Wooden Bowls

There is a story about a frail old man who lived with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson.

The family would eat together nightly but the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made it difficult to eat without spilling food and milk onto the floor and dropping his spoon, creating a great mess.
The son and daughter-in-law soon became very irritated at the mess each night. The son said, "we have got to do something about grandfather". The daughter-in-law agreed, "I'm tired of his milk spilling and noisy eating." So the couple set a table over in the corner so grandfather could eat alone, away from them. They had given him a wooden bowl to eat from so he wouldn't break any more plates. Each night as they would glance over at him they would notice tears falling from his face into the wooden bowl as he ate alone.
One day the father observed their four year old sitting on the floor playing with wooden scraps. He asked him curiously, "what are you making son?" The boy replied, "I'm making wooden bowls for when you and mommy get old."

Jesus gives us instructions on how we should treat others. Luke 6:31 says, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." (NIV)

What wooden bowls have you given to others? How would you feel if someone gave one to you?Today is Winning Wednesday and this little reminder of a simple truth will do well to help us win today!
Remember...every action yields a reward or a repercussion. Wouldn't you like to see kindness and mercy extended to you as a result of you giving it to others? What a lonely and unfulfilled life we would live if we did nothing for others and lived to please ourselves.

"And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works." - Heb 10:24 (ESV)

Go on winning friends!