Blessings of Giving Privately

 

…Don’t do your good deeds publicly,
 
to be admired by others,
 
for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
 
…when you give to someone in need,
 
don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
 
Give your gifts in private,
 
and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
 
(Eastern Gate viewed from Church of All Nations
on Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem)