Use this list of suggestions to spark your creativity this month, and look for a way to show love to people around you every day. This is not a list we expect anyone to follow day by day. Each day you may find a different item on the list you'd prefer to do, or you may come up with one on your own! We just want this list to be available to you for inspiration if you ever need it.
1. Visit someone who isn't able to leave the house often
2 .Go visit a widow, maybe enjoy a meal together
3. Send a note or card of encouragement. It’s rare to receive personal mail anymore, so take the time to handwrite a letter for someone.
4. Ask a coworker how you can pray for them
5. Offer to baby sit for a couple without nearby family, so the parents can have a night out to themselves.
6. Invite a friend out to eat and catch up about what’s going on in their life.
7. Do something kind for someone in your family
8. Pay for someone else’s food at a restaurant
9. Send an encouraging gift or card to someone in the military
10. Leave a more generous tip than you normally would. Maybe consider leaving a note with it to encourage the waiter or waitress
11 .Take a meal to a family
12. When at a store like Aldi, bring extra change to pay for multiple carts so others don’t have to
13. Bake cookies for a neighbor
14. Make gift baskets for people who are waiting with loved ones in the hospital.
15. Bring cookies, donuts, or coffee to co-workers, police officers, firemen, School faculty, bus drivers, etc.
16. Visit a nursing home. Maybe bring some easy games to play, or magazines for them to read, and spend time with them
17. Send “Valentines” to people in your life to let them know you love them.
18. Send an encouraging text message
19. Encourage someone to come to church with you
20. Offer a home cooked meal to a college student
21. Gather some board games you don’t play anymore and bring them to another family
22. Buy a gift card at the grocery store and leave it with the cashier to give to whoever they want to.
23. Bring up the trash bin for your neighbor
24. Bring toothpaste, toothbrushes, socks, towels, clothes, etc. to the homeless
25. Donate towels and blankets to local shelters
26 .Leave an encouraging note in books in the library for whoever checks them out next
27. Be intentional about putting your phone away during meals or when visiting with people
28. Do something for your spouse without them asking you to, just to show them you care.
2 .Go visit a widow, maybe enjoy a meal together
3. Send a note or card of encouragement. It’s rare to receive personal mail anymore, so take the time to handwrite a letter for someone.
4. Ask a coworker how you can pray for them
5. Offer to baby sit for a couple without nearby family, so the parents can have a night out to themselves.
6. Invite a friend out to eat and catch up about what’s going on in their life.
7. Do something kind for someone in your family
8. Pay for someone else’s food at a restaurant
9. Send an encouraging gift or card to someone in the military
10. Leave a more generous tip than you normally would. Maybe consider leaving a note with it to encourage the waiter or waitress
11 .Take a meal to a family
12. When at a store like Aldi, bring extra change to pay for multiple carts so others don’t have to
13. Bake cookies for a neighbor
14. Make gift baskets for people who are waiting with loved ones in the hospital.
15. Bring cookies, donuts, or coffee to co-workers, police officers, firemen, School faculty, bus drivers, etc.
16. Visit a nursing home. Maybe bring some easy games to play, or magazines for them to read, and spend time with them
17. Send “Valentines” to people in your life to let them know you love them.
18. Send an encouraging text message
19. Encourage someone to come to church with you
20. Offer a home cooked meal to a college student
21. Gather some board games you don’t play anymore and bring them to another family
22. Buy a gift card at the grocery store and leave it with the cashier to give to whoever they want to.
23. Bring up the trash bin for your neighbor
24. Bring toothpaste, toothbrushes, socks, towels, clothes, etc. to the homeless
25. Donate towels and blankets to local shelters
26 .Leave an encouraging note in books in the library for whoever checks them out next
27. Be intentional about putting your phone away during meals or when visiting with people
28. Do something for your spouse without them asking you to, just to show them you care.