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Beware: Good Rewards Are Not Guaranteed For Doing Good
Christ Heals Paralyzed Hand
Mark 3:1-6 – “Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.”
This is the thought: If you have set your heart on doing some good, do it. Put no thought on those would use any excuse to condemn you for doing good, for this is how they control others… and they are trying to control you. Also, be aware that there is no guarantee that you will be rewarded with good for your good; as the tongue-in-cheek quote goes, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Just be sure that you are okay with that too.
The image used in this post is courtesy of the contributors to Creative Commons. I am immensely grateful.
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