Posted by
David Llewellyn on Friday, October 20, 2006 11:30:19 AM
Does Madonna want to perform an act of love and charity for the people of Malawi, and particularly for the little boy she is adopting? If so, Jesus has some advice for her . . . and a standard for the rest of us by which to analyze her actions and her motives.
"Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
"But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you."
Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 6.1-4, NASB.
See Elian Gonzalez Come Back! Madonna Will Adopt You