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       Faith's Checkbook

      Robert Prodoehl
      Mar 1, 2007


March 2
Giving Without a Whisper

"But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret
Himself shall regard thee openly" (Matthew 6:3-4).

No promise is made to those who give to the poor to be seen of men. They have
their reward at once and cannot expect to be paid twice.

Let us hide away our charity -- yes, hide it even from ourselves. Give so often
and so much as a matter of course that you no more take note that you have
helped the poor than that you have eaten your regular meals. Do your alms
without even whispering to yourself, How generous I am! Do not thus attempt to
reward yourself. Leave the matter with God, who never fails to see, to record,
and to reward. Blessed is the man who is busy in secret with his kindness: he
finds a special joy in his unknown benevolences. This is the bread, which eaten
by stealth, is sweeter than the banquets of kings. How can I indulge myself
today with this delightful luxury? Let me have a real feast of tenderness and
flow of soul.

Here and hereafter the LORD Himself will personally see to the rewarding of the
secret giver of alms. This will be in His own way and time; and He will choose
the very best. How much this promise means it will need eternity to reveal.

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Choice selections from Thomas Brooks

All honey would harm us

"Weeping may endure for a night—but joy comes in the morning." Psalm 30:5

Their mourning shall last but until morning.

God will turn . . .
their winter's night into a summer's day, their sighing into singing,
their grief into gladness,
their mourning into music,
their bitter into sweet,
their wilderness into a paradise.

The life of a Christian is filled up with interchanges of sickness and health,
weakness and strength,
want and wealth,
disgrace and honor,
crosses and comforts,
miseries and mercies,
joys and sorrows,
mirth and mourning.

All honey would harm us; all wormwood would undo us—a composition of both is
the best way to keep our souls in a healthy constitution. It is best and most
for the health of the soul—that the warm south wind of mercy, and the cold
north wind of adversity—do both blow upon it. And though every wind which
blows, shall blow good to the saints; yet certainly their sins die most, and
their graces thrive best, when they are under the frigid, drying, nipping north
wind of calamity, as well as under the warm, nourishing south wind of mercy and
prosperity.
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