"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased" (Hebrews 13:16).

"Let the weakest, let the humblest remember, that in his daily course he can, if he will, shed around him almost a heaven. Kindly words, sympathizing attentions, watchfulness against wounding men's sensitiveness--these cost very little, but they are priceless in their value. Are they not almost the staple of our daily happiness? From hour to hour, from moment to moment, we are supported, blest, by small kindnesses" (F.W. Robertson).

The word "sacrifices" is interesting in this context, for it is indeed a sacrifice, an offering, a price, that we surrender. It is part of our time or our money or our very selves that we give to another, not for what we can get in return, but out of God's love and our own. We will never know what comfort we bring to another just by listening. Many a broken heart and weary mind wants to divide his or her sorrows, and only the one who knows how to love as Christ loves can carry that burden for another.

To do good to another means to promote the welfare and happiness of that person, and to help prevent misfortune or adversity in that person