Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
“Do good, and leave behind you a monument of virtue that the storms of time can never destroy. Write your name in kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year. You will never be forgotten. No, your name, your deeds, will be as legible on the hearts you leave behind as the stars on the brow of evening. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.”
Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) in Day’s Collacon, compiled and arranged by Edward Parsons Day (New York: IPPO, 1884) 320.
“Write your name in kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year” is an expression that moves me.
What does it say to you? It tells me that I must touch each person with an unselfish awareness that generously gives them what they need, not what they deserve.
What about your role? This statement also reminds me to steward my role well because over the course of a year, I may have the opportunity to impact thousands of people.
Might this be our greatest legacy of generosity? Let us write our names in kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of those we serve this year for God’s glory.