SMILE!!

You know what's a good problem to have, having so many things to be thankful for that I cant choose which one I want to write about tonight, now that's a GREAT problem haha

But I have decided to go with the first thing that I thought of so yeah haha. Today I'm thankful for the opportunity to be a Eucharistic Minister. For those that don't know what that is, it is the person who gives out the bread and the wine at church or the body and blood of Christ rather haha. There's definitley a lot behind being a Eucharistic Minister but the reason I feel thankful for it today is because I get to smile at everyone.

See back when I first got trained for this the guy who was teaching us said something that has stuck with me through out these past few years that I've been doing this. He said when you're handing people the bread or wine, make eye contact with them and make sure you smile. He continued by saying it's important to him, to smile at everyone and make that eye contact because you never know who you might be looking at. Maybe you are the only person who smiles at them that day or possibly the only person they really have contact with that day. I mean church definitley is a place where people think and contemplate their lives and  pray if they are having troubles so a smile may be just what they need from someone. That lesson always stuck with me, because it's true, one time a girl came to me when I was giving the bread and she just looked at the ground never at me, and she seemed like awkward almost like she didnt know how to react to me. I dont know it just makes me think that maybe there are some people who im the only person who smiles at them that day and so I make sure Im always smiling when I give out the Eucharist, cause you just never know.
And im thankful because I get to smile at people and possibly help someone else smile for the day :]

CHALLENGE: Make sure you smile at people, strangers walking by, if you happen to make eye contact, just make sure you smile. Cause I agree you never know who may need a smile that day.