But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:35-36
“The merciful person is he who gives to others what he himself received from God, whether it be money, or food, or strength, a helpful word, a prayer or anything else that he has through which he can express his compassion for those in need.”
Peter of Damascus in “Wisdom of the Saints” posted by the Greek Orthodox Community of Prince George.
On Maundy Thursday we see Jesus washing the feet of the disciples and instructing us to the same kind of service. We get to be merciful conduits of compassion extending to others what Christ does for us.
He stoops to do the lowest of things for us to lift us up. He washes our sin from us and remembers it no more. He lavishes us with gifts we do not deserve. He does so much more when we pause to reflect on it.
This gives us a roadmap for our generosity. Whatever gifts God showers on us, we do well to think how we might enjoy and share them. When we live this way, we imitate the Jesus of Maundy Thursday and appear as children of the Most High.