Little Deeds

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The Alpine strawberry is no larger than a pea, and yet is the sweetest of all the fruits of the field. And many of the most precious deeds of a true Christian are the small acts of his life, as the giving of a cup of cold water to a weary disciple, or the speaking of a word in due season.
There is an old adage that says “the smaller the gift or the service, in certain circumstances, the greater the evidence of love.” To fetch the donkey for Jesus was a truer test of love than to drive furiously like Jehu (see 2 Kings. 9). To wash the feet of Jesus, like Mary, is an evidence of greater love than to spread a feast for Him like Simon the Pharisee. Mary with her alabaster box of ointment, the widow with her two mites, Peter forsaking his fishing tackle—these are truer acts of benevolence than the gifts of a Vanderbilt, DuPont, Getty, Hearst, Ted Turner, or Bill Gates. A little boy gave six cents for charity and wrote on the envelope: “Fasted a meal to give a meal.”

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