Today is Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012; Karen's Korner #2352
A thought from the book "The Blessed Life" by Robert Morris; he writes about giving and how God blesses givers.
He tells about stopping in the middle of a sermon saying, "You know what? I need someone to give me $100."
"Immediately, a man jumped up, came to the front and handed me a one-hundred-dollar bill. I stuck the bill in my pocket and continued right on with my sermon."
Morris went on to write, that he stopped his sermon again a few minutes later, "Let me tell you why that gentleman was so quick to bring me $100 without knowing why I needed it. Before the service, I gave him the one-hundred-dollar bill and told him I would ask for it during the service. I asked him to bring it up quickly when I asked for it."
He explained that 'the reason the man gave the money promptly when I asked for it was that it was mine in the first place. He experienced no grief, remorse, or emotional conflict about giving me the money. Because he knew it wasn't his."
"The same is true of everything we have. It is all God's, and we merely exercise stewardship over it. When we get God's perspective on money---when we understand that God owns it all---it is easy to give it when He asks for it. We give it to Him freely, and we don't grieve over it. We understand that it wasn't ours in the first place."
"From what the LORD has blessed you with,
you shall give to Him."
~Deuteronomy 15:14
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