December 5, 2007
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One Warm Coat
On a bitter cold night we dropped off some good used coats
that we had collected for the
Salvation Army's "One Warm Coat Drive "
They distribute them free to people in need of warm coats.
The twins who were 5 at the time, helped shove the coats into the bins.
My nephew asked what they were for and when we told him. He took off his coat and had it way down in the bin before we could stop him. He wanted them to have his new coat that his mom had just got him. We had to retrieve it since it was so cold out . We took a new boys coat over later on for him to put into the bin.
I often think of his sweet response and pray that he never loses that compassion.
I still need to download my Poinsettia Show pix,I will post that soon.
Comments (49)
Such a sweet and tender response to a need. Children have the most tender hearts. I know that his response to the need made God smile, I'm certain it touched his heart. Tonight we heard of a family who have a young boy who does not have a winter coat. My son has one from last year that he maybe wore 3 times and has outgrown, We took it to some people who know them, so hopefully it will fit and he will have a coat for these chilly days.
I'm looking forward to your photos from the Show. I just saw the pictures from Sandy's site. It looks like everyone was having lots of fun!!!
We just do something like that at chruch. I will post some pictures one of these days. Coats, food, toys and other major needs after the event is over. We serves about 500 people every year. All the little kids it . . . i love it
What a great heart!
that's an amazing story.
awww, God bless him, that is soooo sweet !
what a sweetheart. I wish everyone were like that.
I forget that children can be so selfless. Its a shame sometimes that we have to grow up.
What a wonderful compassionate little guy. He has been raised very well to already have such a winning character and high set of moral values. Kudos to his parents.
How sweet! I hope he doesn't lose that compassion, either. My kids didn't. We always did volunteer work with them growing up....serving in soup kitchens, etc...and did Christmas buying for needy kids etc, etc. They are in their early to late 20's now and they still do volunteer work, etc.
As do my hubby and I. I help with four major projects every year and several smaller ones, too.
OH MY GOSH! I can't wait to see your pix's!!! yay!
Hugs,
RYC:
Oh boy, you sent me to that allposters.com site and I ended up buying a framed print. The calendar you got is lovely.
How wonderful! It is so important to teach children to care about the needs of others. Compassion is learned by experience, and you are helping your niece and nephew to understand there are people in the world who do not have the blessings he has. I applaud you. I wish others who have young chldren around would teach them to be compassionate. Pea Hater and I tried to set a good example for our girls, and to provide them with plenty of opportunities to be givers. I am happy when I see that those seeds we sowed in them have produced fruit. Too many kids are spoiled and selfish. Keep providing your niece and nephew with these opportunities. They will be better people because of it.
Have you heard about the Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Sweater Drive?
I'm thinkin' of donating a few sweaters for it. 'Cause sweaters be awesomes for everyone to where!
Kids are often great roll models for we staid adults.
What a sweet story! Reminds me of those big fisherman who left their nets and promptly followed Jesus ~
Cute.
Touching Story.........
a young man after my own heart. Can't wait for the show pictures.
Stopping by to say Hi! Can't wait to see the pictures.
Don't ya love that kind of compassion~~ esp today~~ in this All About Me world. Bcs you are nurturing that compassion~~ it will grow and continue to make a difference. LOVE IT!!! Tamy
That's why I try my hardest in those personality tests to be brutally honest even when the outcome would be kind of negative otherwise taking them wold be futile. If one wants to just hear the nice things about them, taking it won't be a good idea!
And thanks, I am trying not to worry that much. I guess I just want my security too much and averting to change makes me feel uneasy. Thanks, too, for dropping in! :blowkiss:
kinda like being willing to give the shirt off of your back....pretty cool.
Thanks for your kind comment!
Your nephew is a sweet kid.
My kids are like that, too, but they want to give away all my stuff along with their own.
Sometimes it's sweet, sometimes...not. But I love their compassion so I try not to squash it, just because I don't have much is no reason for them not to.
It takes alittle child -doesn't it. They are so close to God.
Once we were in Wendy's and I looked over the end of the coat box to see what or how much was inside? I said out loud there is a fur in there. Koslow is a know fur store in FtWorth/Dallas and everyone in laughed.
Aww I love how sweet kids are. So innocent and pure.
I have some coats that I need to take to a coat drive or something.. I just don't want to take them to Goodwill or anything.
That is so precious that he wanted to help out.
Sweet.... kids can really make you remember how you're supposed to be. I can't wait for the pics.
What a sweet boy--no questions, no pride-just putting his new coat in the bin, out of love! Wow, heartwarming!
That pic at the top of the page is beautiful! I'd love to wakw up to that sight. We need a pond in our back yard...
If we only had the heart and cares for others as children do !!! Have a blessed day in Christs love....Lisa....
I think compassion is one of thoes things that is caught not taught, don't you?
I donate every year.........my parents got me started...............hugs.
Awesome... I take the extras to work and give them to the younf single parents for their kids...its good to help out any way you can....
Oh sweet little man.
I just came from dan's site and saw your comment about the 'fat chick'...lord I laughed! I have no idea what's going on, but I see that ALL THE TIME! it's like they're proud of their rolls or something?? They can't possibly NOT know that is hanging out...what gives??
I love the story...I too hope he keeps compassion close to his heart. It seems so many outgrow it.
Your pictures are wonderful.
You nephew has a big heart , Beth .
Love
Michel
I like the tender heart of a child. No wonder Jesus said we need to come to Him like the children do.
One time, before I became homeless myself(I'm in "transitional housing" by the way, but am still looked at as"homeless"), I had an extra coat, which I tried to give to a woman I knew was homeless. She went off on me
. I was much younger, I think I was in my late 20's at the time and I didn't understand that alot of homeless people just"go off" for no reason. Since she didn't take the coat herself, I decided to put it into a collection bin.That, and the"fake" homeless that are out there is why I give to organizations instead to individuals(unless I know them well).
so sweet!
I doubt that will happen Beth. He's constantly surrounded by good people, you especially. I'm looking forward to the pics.
What a sweet thing for him to do!
jeez! i have been trying to find a way to give my used coats to the needy for awhile now!
what a special little boy...I agree. hope he never loses that...there should be more kids in this world like him...
so sweet.....
I pray that YOU never lose YOUR compassion, and that you always have enough money to buy new coats for poor people.
I will be praying for you Beth! Did Dave see this yet?
The Rev.
A kid after the heart of St. Nick himself (the real one, not Santa).
awwww...
I think it's wonderful when a child does something like this. They are so loving and spontainious and do things ( sometimes wonderful things) without thinking. Since I have been homeless( I'm almost at the end of that, I get to move into my own apartment again soon, thank God) I have been grateful for all the things I have gotten. I remember a "sad" story about giving a coat away though, back when my daughter was little. I knew, slightly, a homeless woman who"lived" near a grocery store, and once, I had an extra coat, I was too small for it, and since it was still nice, I thought she could use it. I tried to give it to her, and she got angry.( I realize now, that alot of people who are homeless also have severe mental illnesses.) I had my daughter with me, who was about 6 or 7 years old at the time, and left the woman, still raging. I still had the coat with me, that she wouldn't take. I gave the coat to someone else.