Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
Like the Apostles, we live in a quid-pro-quo society: You help me, and I'll help you. I can help you get a better job, lose weight or learn a new skill, but it'll cost you.
Matthew 10:8
Like the Apostles, we live in a quid-pro-quo society: You help me, and I'll help you. I can help you get a better job, lose weight or learn a new skill, but it'll cost you.
How radical, then, to be directed to help others simply because we can, with no expectation of a return on our investment. Yet that is precisely what Christ calls us to do: share our gifts without a thought for what we might receive, spiritually, emotionally or financially. And the amazing thing is that when we act in Christ's name, we are repaid far more than we could have ever imagined — in love and faith and growth on our spiritual journeys.
Lord, help me to love the way you desire: unreservedly, with no exception of reward.
—Melanie Rigney
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