the good is oft interred with your bones

St John Chrysostom gives us some great advice today in A Year with the Church Fathers. He tells us that God is going around looking for reasons to give us praise and honor. To save us from our sins. He takes the smallest reason and uses it to do good in our lives. Even if we sigh or weep, St John says, God uses that as an excuse to do good for us. He loves us so much that He is constantly giving us the benefit of the doubt. He gives us a full day's wages, even if we only worked one hour.

But we can thwart His work in lifting us up very easily if we're not careful. As long as we forget the good we do, and let Him bring it up and praise us for it, we do well. But if we brag about the things we've done, and get puffed up with pride, then we lose our reward.

Let's give Him every excuse to work things for good in our lives. Forget the good deeds you've done, and focus on the good others have done for you, as is mentioned in the picture above.

God, thanks for looking for every reason to give us Your amazing blessings. Help us to stay humble.