Brenda Grandma Travelers

 Brenda Clausing spoke in church today.  She talked about unity and love.  I loved a story she shared.  Her grandparents lived on South Temple between 400 and 500 West.  The railroad tracks passed by their home and trains would slow down by their home as they approached the turn into the train station.  Often people who were riding the train without tickets would hop off as the train slowed.  Often these travelers would find their way to her grandparents' home.  Brenda said her grandma never turned them away.  She baked bread or rolls regularly and they raised chickens.  So at the least she would have bread and eggs to offer these travelers, sometimes more food.  Brenda didn't think much about it as a little girl, but she looks back on these memories with fondness. Her grandma loved and served others, regardless of their background.

LESSONS LEARNED:  

How can I be a little more generous with my time, talents and money?  

I need to be less prone to judge those whose lives are different than mine.  They are my brothers and sisters.  Do I treat them as such?

I can do small acts with great love, in the words of Mother Teresa.  That's how unity and love and righteousness will grow.

Matthew 25:34-46 says:  

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his ^aright hand, Come, ye ^bblessed of my Father, ^cinherit the ^dkingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an ^ahungred, and ye ^bgave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a ^cstranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye ^avisited me: I was in ^bprison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee ^asick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have ^adone it unto one of the ^bleast of these my ^cbrethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the ^aleft hand, ^bDepart from me, ye ^ccursed, into everlasting ^dfire, ^eprepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an ^ahungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the ^aleast of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into ^aeverlasting ^bpunishment: but the ^crighteous into ^dlife ^eeternal.