POST TEXT: LOVE ARE NOT WORDS! AND YES ATTITUDES!
{ a small reflective and inclusive reflection for our mutual edification biblical reference { 1 John 3 v 17_19 / V 17. Now, whoever has the resources of this world, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart to him, how could he remain in it The love of God .? V 18. Little children, let us not love with words, nor give tongue, but give fact and truth/. 1 John 4 v 20.21. If someone says. I love GOD, and hating your brother is a lie; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love GOD whom he has not seen.} V 21. Now we have this commandment from GOD: that he who loves GOD should also love his brother } It does not exist substitution and there is no outsourcing or neutrality or exemption from the practice of these Holy explicit commandments set by GOD for us confessed believers MT 22 v 36_40..}
But you, when you give alms, let your left hand ignore what your right hand does; so that your alms may remain in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6.3—4
No promises are made to those who help the poor for the purpose of being seen by men. These already have their reward and should not receive it twice.
Let us hide our charity, yes, even from ourselves.
Give very often and abundantly, so that you never again pay attention to the fact that you helped the poor, doing it as if it were something normal, such as eating regularly. Do your alms like someone who never whispers to himself: “How kind I am!” Don't try to reward yourself. Leave it to God, who always sees all things, to observe and reward you. Blessed is the man who in secret does much with his kindness; he finds special joy in the secret benevolence of the Lord. This is the food that, eaten in silence, is more delicious than the banquet of princes. How can I satisfy myself with this delicious delicacy today? Having a true feast of generosity and an overflow of soul.
Now and in the future, the Lord will take care to reward those who do their alms in secret. The reward will come in His own time and in His own way, who will choose the best. Only eternity will reveal the full meaning of this promise.
{W. H. Spurgeon }
