No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

What a week! WHAT A WEEK! I am so tired, more so physically but also just simply exhausted.
We are moving offices, actually we are swapping offices with someone else . . . so you can imagine. But I have had a truth reinforced today. My landlady has the saying, "No good deed goes unpunished." Wow, did this week prove that true.

We tried so hard to be accommodating in this move, and helpful and in return had the ones we helped do something to hinder the move and cost us a full day of business and unpacking. Not fun, nor is it nice.  And truthfully it did not do much to my ability to be nice.

But I have seen it time and time again on both big and small scales. Most often the ones you give a discount to, or offer a hand to or help out are the ones that are not satisfied that your help is enough. They are the ones who keep coming back for more and more help and get irate when they dont get their own ways. They are the ones who will use you to fulfill their vision and then discard you ...sometimes it goes so far as they are they are the ones who rob you - sometimes literally- I had a family I knew that were very poor, we helped feed them, clothe them, educate them. We had them frequently in our house for meals and games. Every time they left our house, they had stolen something.

It seems incredibly wrong but this seems to be the trend in human nature. It's not pretty and often leaves the more generous ones feeling bitter and not wanting to help others anymore. But I want to encourage you . . . .

Stop being nice too the crazy ones.... they get attached and don't go away.

Ok! Ok! I am kidding. Yes, it is a phrase I use often. but truthfully I am a sucker who is nice to everyone even though it often causes strange consequences, that are not always nice.

But in all seriousness, my real advice is . . . DO NOT GET TIRED OF DOING GOOD!

You are more than likely doing good out of who you are, your generous heart, compassion and desire to help. You are made in the image of the creator, you carry his heart. Don't let another person rob you of that. Because you are serving and giving because of who He is and who you are, not because they are worthy or because of who they are. Don't let your heart of love be squashed.
Galatians 6:10
So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [ morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God's family with you, the believers]

PS I am writing this more as a motivation to myself today, because the moving process is still not complete and I might loose the plot if I don't remind myself of a little truth.