Christian Devotional-Stories and Bible verses about the presence of God in our lives

Good Deed Punished

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.  Galatians 6:9 

Ever had a good deed punished?

Me too.

Consider the story of…

The rock that ate my car…

Good Deed

Can you see its evil face?

Its beak ready to chomp my unsuspecting car?

Its satisfied smile as it contemplates another car meeting its fate…

I can hear you saying….

“But Bob, how can you be so stupid to drive into a rock?”

After all, despite that cliché about rolling stones gathering no moss, this stone is stationary.

I didn’t have to swerve to miss it as it veered toward me…

It wasn’t driving the wrong way on a one way street…

It was just sitting there…

Waiting for me…

As I tried to do a good deed…

Scouting out a splash park near our house for my grand kids.

I backed into the parking spot next to the rock…

Putting it on the right side of my car… in a complete blind spot.

To exit the lot, I needed to make a sharp right turn into a narrow driveway.

Let’s just say my turn was a little too sharp.

The car suddenly filled with a loud crunching, screeching sound…

I was hitting something…

In a place where my brain told me there was nothing but open space.

Silly brain.

What’s the cliche? ”No good deed goes unpunished”?

“It’s not fair!” my brain shouted.

Here I am just doing a good deed …

Just trying to be a good grandpa…

And this is what I get in return for my good deed ?

“Bad things,” I think, “shouldn’t happen when I do a good deed.”

A Bible verse comes to mind…

…In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  John 16:33

OK, God. Got it.

But, I’m not ever coming back to this troublesome part of  the world…

I won’t bring my grand kids…

I’ll never forget what happened here…

Then I think of another verse…

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19

Well, God, when you put it that way…

Maybe I’m looking in the wrong place for the reward for my good deed…

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven  Matthew 5:12

We brought the kids to the park…

Caroline Splash pool Jack Splashpool

 My wife drove…

Good deed

She parked a long way from the rock.

Note: This post first appeared in July 2015

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