Giving?!

Matt 6:1-4 (NIV)
"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, 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 men. I tell you the truth, 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."

I witnessed someone tonight act in such a way that just blew me away. They are not saved, so I know they do not have a relationship with Christ, but I did expect that they would behave in such a way that would not go against what these verses talk about. I guess I was proved wrong.
This person was going to out of the goodness of their heart, give some money to an organization to help them out because he felt it would be a good thing to do. I got up to give them an envelope and showed them the box in which to drop it into. On the envelope I wrote donation, and what the donation was for, nothing else. this person said, " NO, I want to give it to so and so to show them I am giving it to them"  I tried to point out in a nice way, it would be better to just put in in the envelope marked with what it was for. They said " NO, get away, I am doing it my way........" They got all offended at me and they were angry that I would even interrupt what they were doing and they were threatening to not even give because I was asking them to  not bring attention to what they were doing.......
I came home and began to think about this and felt like I needed to reaffirm what God has to say about this issue, I found it! God tells us to not bring attention to what we are doing when we are giving, to just give and let it be a secret, only the Father needs to know what we did, and He does see what we did. He will reward us when we get to heaven. I need to remember when I see this kind of behavior in the world, especially with a person who does not know Christ, that they are not giving to God; they are giving to get the recognition they are giving.
It was also brought to my attention by someone else whom I was talking to about this situation, that the reason this person was so upset was because they felt guilty that they were being called upon something that they knew was wrong and felt bad about it. Unfortunately they decided to take it out on me instead of realize what was right and acknowledge that.
Pray for this person with me that they may be compelled by God to realize their mistakes and come to terms with it with HIM, and maybe even they will come to know our Lord Jesus through this situation.
Thank you Lord for always showing us how to live our lives better for you in your Word.