“Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
    when it’s in your power to help them” (Proverbs 3:27, NLT).

Last week, someone ducked me. By that I don’t mean that person avoided me like the plague, but whoever it was left a little duck on the driver side door handle of my Jeep to add to my little collection. Apparently, it’s a Jeep thing.

So this week I realized that I have basically two surfer ducks. Earlier today, I was able to re-duck the second one to another Jeep driver. It felt good to pay it forward.

I don’t mean to humble brag but to illustrate a point. We’re not all Rockefeller rich. We’re not all super movie star or rock star influential. But we each can find a way to pay forward some of the kindness done to us.

The best example of kindness I can think of begins this way: while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

I love that He didn’t wait for me to get my act together or start behaving before He went to the cross. I’m super thankful that Jesus didn’t do a cost effectiveness analysis on me to decide if He should die for me. I’ll never stop being grateful for the fact that I got grace instead of karma, considering what I deserve isn’t forgiveness but death and hell.

I think that alone should make me want to pass along the mercy and kindness that I’ve received. I should want to pay forward the grace I’ve been shown and do for others who can never pay me back. And there’s no better time to start than today.