"Is there someone who comes to your mind, a friend or family member, who would be honored and encouraged by an expression of your love and appreciation? Then do something to show it--while the person is still alive."~Haddon Robinson
"A heart that is full of compassion for others is less likely to be absorbed in its own sorrows and poisoned by its own self pity."
~ P.M. Derham
"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head, as he sat at meat. But when His disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, 'to what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.' When Jesus understood it, He said unto them, 'Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon Me. For ye have the poor always with you; but Me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.' "
I believe a good rule of thumb to live by is this: do what you have to do for yourself, but make the majority of your life a service for others.
3 comments:
So true. A good reminder, thank you for this.
Yes, I like how it goes on in Mark's gospel to say "She hath done what she could" Joyce
I love the compassion with which the Lord said; "Why trouble ye the woman? she hath done a good work..." every little effort, whether understood by others or not, is appreciated and notice by Him.
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