Going Stealth on Good Works - by Sharon Hinck
Doing for others is a worthy way to observe Lent, but don t wait around for thanks.
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and on the streets,...
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Going Stealth on Good Works - by Sharon Hinck
Doing for others is a worthy way to observe Lent, but don t wait around for thanks.
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others.
Truly I tell you, they have received their
reward in full.
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand
is doing.
” Matthew 6:2–3
One year, as my special project during the season of Lent, I decided to do a secret kind act each day.
Selecting a small kindness was the easy part.
First, I sneakily did chores that were the responsibilities
of others in the family—laundry, dishes, garbage.
Then I waited for them to notice and rejoice.
Instead, my husband and children hurried along with their day and didn’t realize someone had
lightened their load.
I dropped hints in conversation, leaned conspicuously against the empty
dishwasher, longed for some bit of acknowledgement.
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