1 Chronicles 29:8-9

During college I worked at After School Fun, an after school program that the church next to campus ran. My main job was to coordinate the food program; everything from ordering the food to managing volunteers and sometimes even cooking. One of my volunteers was the church's secretary and her name is Darlene. My senior year she was unable to volunteer because she was grieving the death of her husband and had to have knee surgery. About a month after surgery I went to visit Darlene and I brought along her favorite ice cream. I had only planned to visit for at most an hour, but I ended up having so much fun that I had spent over three hours visiting with her. My visit to Darlene brought her lots of joy and when she returned to work a few weeks later she told everyone about our visit. 

I didn't know how much my visit meant to Darlene until the senior pastor stopped me one day and thanked me for visiting her and giving her my time, because it really touched her heart.

I didn't really do anything special. I took an older lady ice cream and shared stories with her. But to her, it meant the world.

1 Chronicles 29:8-9 says Anyone who had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the temple of the LORD in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite. The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

In my story, the precious stones was the ice cream. What are precious stones that you can give?

What precious stones can you give to someone else?