It's Christmas time! Time for lights, gifts, parties, families, and friends! Everything is holly, jolly, and bright!

We had our annual Marys and Marthas (M & Ms for short) meeting last night. We are a group of gals that "help the sick and the poor of the world; congratulates the successes of others".  I came home from the meeting feeling drained. Dozens of people in my world that have major needs this Christmas season.........illnesses, family deaths, cars that don't run, houses that hardly house people, kids in hospitals instead of in school. Easier not to know of the "troubles" around me. More fun to concentrate on happier things....

Some of the needs would take hundreds of dollars. Instead our group could give them twenty dollar bills. Made me feel bad. I wanted to do more. I am sure others in our group may have felt the same way.

In the night, a Bible verse came to my mind, "If anyone gives us much as a cup of water because you are mine.......", Jesus said.

The thought was a sign to me that He is happy with what we did and were able to do for others.

So this morning I am looking at our list with a different set of eyes. Tweleve families or organziations have checks, dollars, or a couple of movie passes from the M & Ms. And another sea of people will have notes and cards from the us gals remembering them and to let them know that they are special to somebody and to God. I will type up what we did and email it to dozens of M & Ms, so that they know, too. Maybe they will know someone who knows someone and even more people will be helped.

At our meeting, someone told of a gal named Angie who had an accident with her 'beater' car going to and from Fort Dodge to work every day. She was feeling hopeless now. Since she had liability insurance only, she has no means for another vehicle. Neither do we! But Kelly popped up with, "I go to Fort Dodge every day to work. Maybe we could ride together." Might work. Kelly and Nancy are going to find out!

Lots of problems. But lots of solutions, too! When you put us all together with our community fundraisers and many hands, hearts and caring people. After all it is hard to tell what Jesus can do with a "cup of cool water which is given to Him........."