One fall afternoon, I looked around my kitchen and saw blessing after blessing.

A large wooden bowl of three dozen farm fresh eggs, a bunch of yellow summer squash and green zucchini, a basket full of red apples picked from an orchard in upstate New York. Each of these had been gifts freely given to us by a different neighbor who had an overabundance, all within a few days of each other and without knowing what the other had done.

These thoughtful random acts of kindness brought to mind the scripture in Matthew 22:39 that says, “...You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

What a perfect example of my neighbors acting out their faith. As we anticipate the upcoming season of thanksgiving, I’m grateful to live in a community where neighbors still take care of one another.

With all that

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