Am I listening to the Lord and discerning His voice?

I walked into a situation this morning where the thought "what needs to be done here?" came to my mind as I was walking through the Children's Wing here at church.  One of the ladies was looking for a particular item for the MOPS meeting and the lady helping her had no idea where the item was.  Overhearing the whole conversation, I had a choice to make as I continued walking down the hall.  Do I want to step in and help this lady find what she needed or do I just continue walking and ignore the need.  Because this thought was fresh in my mind about being aware of what needs to be done, I couldn't just ignore it.  So, I went back and found the lady, showed her where the item was that she was looking for.  I have been here for 16 years and know our resources intimately, so was able to show her 3 or 4 other possibilities for what she needed to accomplish.  That made her day because she had been struggling to do her job in MOPS.

In our Sunday School class last Sunday (11:00, Room 9 through Nov. 28), our topic was "What Needs to be Done?", teaching our children to look around and see what needs to be done.  Michelle Anthony (author of the book "Spiritual Parenting") relayed in the book that she had chosen to not use the word "chores" with her children but instead used "acts of service".  She wanted her children to understand that we all have certain things that need to be done, just being part of the family, but we are interdependent on each other and sometimes need to do things above and beyond the call of duty.  She feels that our children need to be taught that their calling from the Lord is to be servants, so it can be taught to children while they are young and  learning life habits. 

How about you?  Have you ever thought about what needs to be done as you walk into a particular situation?  Did you respond to or ignore the need?