No One is Looking

The Good News Today Is..God knows us through and through. It is in the little things in life that we show our true colors. He knows the things we think and the things we do when no one is looking. Remember what Jesus teaches; "He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me." (Mark 9:36-37) It is how we treat the least, the children, the homeless, the unimportant of the society, that marks how great we are in the eyes of God. A reminder from Barbara Brown Taylor: "work on [our] own greatness by understanding that it is what [we] do when [we] think no one is looking, with someone who does not count, for no reward, that ushers [us] into the presence of God." We need to show compassion and mercy and grace to others even when no one is watching. It is to become part of who we are. This is how we can draw closer to the God who knows us - because he knows what we do and what we think, even when no one else is looking.