SUNDAY
DECEMBER 8
‘…As we have opportunity, let us do good to
all…’ Galatians 6:10
DO GOOD
Your Bible says, ‘Do
not forget to do good and to share…’ (Hebrews 13:16 NKJV). ‘To him who knows to
do good and does not do it, to him it is sin’ (James 4:17 NKJV). ‘…Those who
have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are
good and profitable to men’ (Titus 3:8 NKJV). Addressing the graduation class
at Villanova University, journalist Anna Quindlen said: ‘Don’t confuse your
life with your work. What you are will always be more important than what you do.
There will be many others with your same degree, doing what you want to do,
maybe doing it better. But you have sole custody not only of your life, but of
your mind and of your heart. It’s easier to write a CV than craft a spirit or
build a character. And a CV is cold comfort when you’re sad, broke, or lonely,
or when you’ve got back the test results and they’re not so good. I no longer
consider myself the centre of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to
laugh. I make my marriage vows mean something. I pray. I’m good to my friends,
because without them I’d be a cardboard cutout. Get a life, not a manic pursuit
of the next promotion or bigger pay-cheque or larger house. Do you really think
you’d care about these things if you had an aneurysm or found a lump in your
breast? Get a life in which you are generous. All of you want to do well, but
if you don’t do good, doing well will never be enough.’
Taken
from the Word for You Today Devotional
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