A while ago I wrote about Charles and Susannah Spurgeon.  (you can read those posts here and here).  I keep coming across quotes and stories about this amazing couple…

Here’s another story about the Spurgeons:

Charles Spurgeon and his wife would sell, but refuse to give away, the eggs their chickens laid. Even close relatives were told, “You may have them if you pay for them.” As a result some people labeled the Spurgeons greedy and grasping.

They accepted the criticisms without defending themselves, and only after Mrs. Spurgeon died was the full story revealed.

All the profits from the sale of eggs went to support two elderly widows.

Because the Spurgeons where unwilling to let their left hand know what the right hand was doing (Matthew 6:3), they endured the attacks in silence.

from the Chaplain Magazine

Sometimes it’s difficult not to justify our actions.  We’re a society that loves to shout what we’re doing – just think of Facebook and Twitter!

Have you and your spouse ever made a choice not to explain yourself, but continue to move forward in a Godly fashion?

Imagine what a strong relationship Susannah & Charles Spurgeon had – do you use other Christian couples to ‘model’ your behavior – to be examples for how you’d like to be?

Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.  So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,  so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

~ Matthew 6:1-4