True Sacrifice and Sharing

Recently, I volunteered at Victory for their annual Thanksgiving Feast for the community. So Saturday a thousand or two (I think that’s what they said) kids and some of their families were bused to Victory where we served them a Thanksgiving feast. While standing at my table watching, waiting for my assistance to be needed somewhere while staying out of the way, a particular brother sister duo caught my attention.  Deserts were already out on the table for them to choose and the girls who set down before them had claimed all but one piece of the pumpkin pie in that section. Naturally, the little girl grabbed the piece of pie as to reserve it for herself from anyone else who would be joining the table. Because they came on the last bus to unload, they ended up with only a few minutes to eat their food. Unlike most of us, these kids as one can tell aren’t as blessed as most of us are. You can tell they aren’t privileged with a legitimate thanksgiving feast every year filled with endless piles of mashed potatoes, turkey, ham, vegetables, rolls, and plenty of desert for everyone including each person’s favorite let alone many other luxuries we are accustomed to, yet these kids as they ate a bit in their few minutes revealed a deeper more sincere act of sharing than perhaps I have ever seen in my life. As the girl took a quick two bites she past it off to her bro. Never once did he ask for a bite nor did he reach over and take a bite? She freely as if it was part of her norm she sacrificed part of hers so he too could enjoy. Without any complaint, without fussing, or even a hesitation. Her brother after taking a bite or two handed it back over leaving the rest for her. Frozen where I had been standing, I watched as they took their last few hurried bites, take their still half full plates to the trash, hurried off together to load back on their bus. I immediately repented. How could two little children with almost nothing be more willing to share than people who are abundantly blessed? Why is it that these two kids sacrificed for one another as a normal act when they have limited things, yet those of us who are privileged with things won’t even give up a bite? I couldn’t help but think of all the times I have denied someone a bite or a small share of my blessings. Yea I’m a poor college student, but those kids may never even have a chance to even think about getting the opportunity to attend college and they can manage to share what they have. I can’t help but feel as if I have failed in fulfilling a part of God’s work and purpose for his followers. But I’m not alone in this failure. If that bro sis duo can have that kind of compassion and sacrifice, all of us, being blessed more than them significantly, should show at least that much to those who need it.