God Knows My Heart

Over the past few weeks I have been noticing a trend of intentionally good deeds going unrecognized.  I'll give an example. The first to pop in my mind would be a situation at work.  A coworker brought a scheduling issue to my attention.  He opted to work a particular holiday in order to receive another day off in exchange.  He had recently received a new job assignment that changed his regular weekly days off. Since the original day that he chose would now be his regular day off, he needed to figure out what to do now that the holiday was worked.  His options would be to either choose another day or see if he could receive holiday pay.  At this point in the conversation it was told to me that if the new day could be scheduled along with the days off then he would just reschedule the day.  I told him that I would call the payroll liason and have it taken care of for him.  I looked at the original request to verify the day in question and called the liason.  I saw that he was taking the day off for a family obligation and scheduled the new day to coincide with his days off for that week. I felt in my heart that I was doing the right thing by giving some extra time for this family celebration. When I notified him of the change, he took a very smug attitude and advised me that he would like to get the holiday pay.  This was not what he told me originally.  I truly felt as if I was fulfilling his request. After my supervisor getting involved he was told that he would not get paid for the day and would have to choose another. I have yet to receive the new date, nor have I received a thank you.....

Through out my days I find myself doing things, sacrificing things, and keeping my mouth shut about things.  Just when I was starting to get down about it, I remember that no good good deed goes unseen.  God always knows what is on my heart and my intentions to do right for people.  On that particular day at day at work I even caught myself saying it aloud.  It was refreshing and heartwarming.  I know that no matter the thanks or no thanks I receive, God will smile on me either way.

I am thankful that the Lord fills me with His Spirit in these situations.  In another place and time I would have flipped out for my time being wasted or being unappreciated.  But I know now that there is no person on the face of the earth that can validate, appreciate, or lift me up like Jesus does. He knows my heart is in the right place.........because He fills it.