Contemplative Bible Reading

Matthew 6:1 (New Living Translation)

“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.

I have been writing this blog for 13 years. (13x2x52 = 1,352 posts) There, have I just done a good deed publicly and lost my reward from my Father in heaven?

My father was a minister of the Gospel all his adult life. He stood in pulpits and proclaimed the good news publicly. Did he do his good deeds in public and lose his reward from his Father in heaven?

The Shriners build hospitals for children. Those deeds are in public. Same question for them.

Or is there something else here?

It is easy to read too much or too little into this and the following verses. Where is the line? Is there a line? What other questions can I write for which I have no answers?

Answers? Try this: love God; love the folks around me, and do what I can.