What did you do for someone else?

Mandi and I ask this of each other every other week.  Usually, we both (or at least I) do some soul searching to come up with something like, "I held the door open for that lady."

We also have come to an understanding that this question means, "What did you intentionally do for someone else?' which means that holding the door open doesn't even count, because it was just situational, I didn't wake up intending to hold the door open.

Every week, I hear this question being asked, and I always feel...sad.  Not guilty, but just disappointed in myself a little bit, because I want to be the kind of person who does things for people.  Intentionally.  I want to purposefully plan to serve those around me.  And, each week I am reminded that I didn't do that.

And, it would be so easy to take a few minutes out of my day to think about the people around me and what I could do for them.  After a while, it would become more of a habit, and I would be more aware of what is happening in the lives of the people around me.  People whom God has placed in my life for a reason.

Hopefully blogging about this will help me get my butt into gear, and encourage me to start thinking about what I can do for people, intentionally.

What have you done for someone else this week?