“If you’re lucky enough to do well, it’s your responsibility to send the elevator back down.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee post

I am grateful for people who do things for others in secret and don’t share it with anyone else. They just do it, and no one knows but God.

It’s those stories you read…about someone who gave and gave and no one knew until the person was gone from this life and their goodness was discovered.

Mom used to tell me that if you needed the accolades and the appreciation after doing good, that is all you get. But if you do good in secret, God will reward you in Heaven, and that’s the best.

When I was on Facebook, I always thought it was interesting to watch the people who posted the good things they do for others – we’re addicted to those “likes” by others. It’s similar to the people on social media who take constant pictures of themselves or their children or their latest food creation or…fill in the blank. They want people to “like” their world. I guess it’s similar to me and my writing and checking to see how many people have read what I wrote.  We want those accolades and that appreciation. We want the attention. We want our tribe, our circle, to approve and shower us with praise. We want, but we don’t need.

I love what Jennifer Dukes Lee shared:

http://www.incourage.me/2018/04/learned-movie-can-imagine.html

She made me think. I went off in another direction, but I am grateful for her lesson about doing for others today. It was a great reminder for me to give to others and do for others when I have reached a higher floor.

And it was a conviction to do so without posting it, without subtly putting it into a conversation, without any expectation of a pat on the back – just a pat on the heart.

Here is a simple rule of thumb for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you; then grab the initiative and do it for them! If you only love the lovable, do you expect a pat on the back? Run-of-the-mill sinners do that. If you only help those who help you, do you expect a medal? Garden-variety sinners do that. If you only give for what you hope to get out of it, do you think that’s charity? The stingiest of pawnbrokers does that. (Luke 6:31-34)