A Good Deed a Day Will Keep the Blues Away

  "Your room is a mess! You have clothes thrown all over the ground, shoes underneath your bead and your night stand is crowded!" Those were the words I heard from my mother last night. Whatta great goodnight greeting! I do have to admit, my room was a cluttered mess. I sat in bed and looked around my room. Just one look at the junk made me feel instantly lazy and lethargic. I know I should clean my room but, that would require effort, right? Then a grand thought popped in my head "Clean your room." I looked at my alarm clock and it was already 11:00 at night. I jumped out of bed and got to cleaning, by the time midnight rolled around I was putting on the final touches: Adjust trophies, make up bed, light guava nectar scented candle. I couldn't wait to see my mom's face in the morning when she saw my room.

    In a meeting my mother slipped me a note saying "Good job on your room this morning! It looks VERY nice. Love you!" Little did she know that I stayed up to the wee hours of the night. That is besides the point though. The point of all of this is when you do a good deed and help out others & do the extra mile(in this case I cleaned up my room before my mom got to it)you feel good about yourself. Even if you were in a bad mood before when you help others out of pure love you feel good about yourself. Even without the praise!

"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ" Galations 6:2

"But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?" 1 John 3:27

"Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." Philippians 2:4

"Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God." Hebrews 13:16

"Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”  Luke 6:38