What does it take

What does it take for us to see that it’s not all about us? Why can’t we always see that we can’t always receive the kind of reward we expect to get by doing “good”? Maybe it depends on what “good” we’re doing. Maybe it depends on the type of reward we expect to receive. Maybe it depends on who we’re doing the “good” for. Are we doing it because of the Golden rule? Are we doing it to earn Christian points, if those even exist? All I can say is that at one point or another, we’re going to be disappointed.
I guess that’s the way I’ve been feeling lately. Why am I trying to do “good” things? Is it for God? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. What sort of “good” am I doing? Is there something I’m forgetting? I have all these questions, yet I feel I’m not making enough effort to find the answers. Maybe that’s because I’m focused on getting something in return for what I do.
To do something nice for someone, then get the sense that they turned their back on you is not a good feeling. In fact, it’s a rather horrible feeling.
Then a thought occurred to me; a thought that related to everything I’ve been thinking about…
That’s probably the kind of situation Jesus was in. The only difference is that He made a more significant sacrifice than I could ever make. And he deserves all the praise we can give him, and more. How can we ignore someone who sacrificed his life for us so that we can be saved? How awful it must be for someone if he died for the people he loves and those very same people turn their backs on him.
I’m such a human for not realizing that.

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