Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Lenten Reflection: March 26


Isaiah 58:10

King James Version (KJV)
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

My Reflection: It sounds like, if you do good things for other people, God will notice, which is fine. But I don't know how I feel about my light rising in obscurity...does that mean it gets MORE obscure??? Either way, I'm not sure I want to be "focused on" for doing good things. I don't even like being the center of attention at my own birthday party. I can imagine the yearly awards ceremony at St. Peter's Palace:
"And this year the nominees for the most giving human are...."

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