When I was a teenager, my family didn’t have a lot of money. 

I really wanted “stone-washed” jeans.

My mom figured out how to take some reasonably priced blue jeans and make them look like the popular stone-washed variety.

She gathered a scrub brush, some bleach and a few other items. Using our bath tub as a makeshift science laboratory, she worked on the jeans for quite a while. I can still see her on her knees, leaning over the tub, scrubbing the jeans.

It was equal parts ingenuity and frugality.

But I remember it to this day mostly because she put a huge amount of effort into giving me something I really wanted.

You don’t have to have an abundance of money, time, or talent to bless another person.

But you will have to put some thought and effort into how you can make a blessing happen.

There are many people in your life with way bigger needs than the most current clothing trends.

You can’t meet every need, but you have a chance to creatively bless another if your heart is committed to it.

Who could you creatively bless today?

Tom Wise