Fulfilled

Matthew 6:3

New International Version (NIV)

³ But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing

 

 

When I started being vocal about my 30 Acts of Kindness I was drowning in thoughts of this verse and being a "hypocrite". It was like mr darkness was making me feel like a fake going public with it however I felt in my prayer time that I needed to tell others....

Let's look at another version of this verse..

 

Matthew 6:3

The Message (MSG)

^2-4 “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.

 

God knows my heart. He knows I was doing this for HIS glory and when I started inviting people it was to inspire them to also do this! Start a LOVE REVOLUTION if you will. My friend Leah and I have been on this journey the last several months of learning LOVE and longing to change the entire world one by one!! I took the idea of doing it on my birthday from someone and I hope that someone will take the idea from me.

It's storming outside at the moment so I will try to touch on some of the events that took place..

It is so hard to explain the joy that overcame me this past weekend. God showed up BIG and just letting Him take full control and learn to make decisions and be BOLD was just crazy for me! I got out of my little comfort bubble and it was AMAZING!!! On Friday on my lunch break my girl Cate and I went out and about and it was so fun! We left quarters at the laundromat and laundry soap, we stopped and gave a Subway gift card to a lady ordering her food at subway (beautiful reaction), gave cupcakes out, paid for a lady behind us at McD's and fed the birds french fries, it was just awesome!! Saturday I met Leah for breakfast and this girl walked in with her mom and I just knew she was the one God wanted me to approach. I was so stinking nervous!!! As I was walking over to her her mom got up to go to the restroom CRAZZZZZZZY!!! I laid down money with a little inspirational card and I told her I wanted to pay for her breakfast and I told her how beautiful she was. AHHHHHH!!!! She was so thankful!!!! We went to a Sr Living Center and spent time with the residents and sang and it was so special! We adopted a little lady who helped lead the hymns I had picked out and it was incredible!! Such a great visit!! We stopped at Sheetz where I got rejected by a gentlemen (he didn't want me to help pay for his gas) and it was ok I need to learn rejection. Jesus was rejected not everyone recieved Him or will recieve HIM but maybe just maybe I planted a little seed. Leah paid for a guy's sodas and the reaction was priceless. He asked how much he owed her......WOW we owe Jesus NOTHING!!! Leah told that guy he owed her nothing! What a witness in itself!! The entire day just felt so annointed! It felt so put together! I handed a guy out in his yard a grocery gift card, I annonomously paid for a guys lunch at a restaurant, we visited an old friend (best reaction ever she was so excited!!) Sunday my sister and I were at the dollar store and she was trying to figure out if this box of diapers was a good price and she pointed to this younger lady and said I bet she would know well when she pointed to her the Holy Spirit IMMEDIATELY told me she was "the chosen one" HAHA! I was to bless her somehow. So I'm in line paying and she's two people behind me but guess what?!? The guy behind me let her infront of him CRAZZZZZZZYYY!!!!! So I offered to pay for her things and she told me I didn't have to and there were some akward moments but she hugged me and it felt so good! I caught the girl behind the register staring at me and I thought to myself wow I am not only reaching the people I'm blessing but the people watching. People are watching and it is so much more important to me to just be the hands and feet of Jesus. To live this life pleasing to HIM and give HIM ALL the glory always!!! I also gave out a Kmart gift card (she asked why too funny), left little notes and money around, left quarters at the carwash, dropped off lunch for local EMS workers(very thankful). Last night I paid for a guys ice cream and he was so shocked it was adorable!! He couldn't believe I was paying for him...

 

Did I complete all my 30 acts of kindness? Honestly I'm not certain I threw MY plan out the window and I plan on looking for opportunities each and everyday. I feel so fulfilled!!

 

I am humbled to be a part of life at this exact moment and to be part of a generation seeking God! (Psalm 24:6)

I challenge you to bless someone this week!
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