Little Things

General Convention is underway, and that means that the massive UTO ingathering will take place soon. Have you got a UTO “blue box” sitting around somewhere, or do you just write out a check once or twice a year when you are reminded that your own UTO ingathering will be next week?

Trust me, there is great joy in having that little box somewhere handy. Dropping in some change each day in thanksgiving for the day’s blessings makes it easier to pay attention to those blessings. But sometimes it’s just plain fun to put all your change in the box without thinking of anything in particular. It’s just plain fun to know that, in very short order, it will go to help fund some very worthwhile mission work someplace, maybe in your own town, maybe in some far distant country, but always to help make some part of God’s work come to life.

Pennies, dimes, nickels, quarters; they add up fast. Fill a box, then fill another. It won’t hurt your standard of living a bit, and it will bless you with an almost giddy inner joy.